Paleornithology of China: A general review

被引：2

作者：

HOU Lianhai and ZHOU Zhonghe Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoantfiropology

Natural History Museum and Department of Ecology and Kvolut ionary Kiology

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来源：

ChineseScienceBulletin | 1999年 / 23期

关键词：

Mesozoic brids; origin of brids; origin of avian flight;

D O I：

暂无

中图分类号：

Q915.865 [鸟纲];

学科分类号：

0709 ; 070903 ;

摘要：

Study of fossil birds in China was first conducted by western scholars in last century, and extensive study of Cenozoic birds by Chinese scholars since the 1970s. However, it is the finding of Mesozoic birds, mostly from northeast China since the 1990s, that has become the focus and highlight of paleornithology of China. Enantiornithine birds from the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous of China provide the most complete record of the early evolution of this extinct

引用

页码：2113 / 2116

页数：4

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