A Jurassic avialan dinosaur from China resolves the early phylogenetic history of birds

P. Godefroit, A. Cau, D.-Y. Hu, F. Escuillie, W. Wu, and G. Dyke

2013

Article

Nature

Find it at:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature12168

Taxa discussed in this work:

• Aurornis
• Aurornis xui

Taxonomy:

• Aurornis belongs to Avialae - Godefroit et al. (2013)
• Aurornis xui belongs to Aurornis - Godefroit et al. (2013)
• Eumaniraptora belongs to Paraves - Godefroit et al. (2013)
• Eosinopteryx belongs to Paraves - Godefroit et al. (2013)
• Jinfengopteryx belongs to Troodontidae - Godefroit et al. (2013)
• Sinusonasus belongs to Troodontidae - Godefroit et al. (2013)