New specimens of Microraptor zhaoianus (Theropoda, Dromaeosauridae) from northeastern China

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3381

By

Hwang, Sunny H.
Norell, Mark A.
Gao, Keqin, 1955-

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY American Museum of Natural History c2002

Notes

Title from caption.

"August 16, 2002."

"New specimens of the diminutive theropod dinosaur Microraptor zhaoianus are described. These specimens preserve significant morphological details that are not present or are poorly preserved in the holotype specimen, including aspects of the manus, pectoral girdle, dorsal vertebrae, ilium, and sacrum. These specimens were coded into a current matrix of theropod morphological characters. Microraptor is found to be the sister taxon to other dromaeosaurs. Dromaeosaurids are monophyletic and together with a monophyletic troodontid group form a monophyletic Deinonychosauria, which is the sister taxon to Avialae. Apparently small size is primitive for Deinonychosauria, which has implications for bird origins"--P. [1].

Subjects

China , Cretaceous , Dinosaurs , Dromaeosauridae , Liaoning Sheng , Microraptor zhaoianus , Paleontology , Reptiles, Fossil

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3381, 2002

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2002)381<0001:NSOMZT>2.0.CO;2
OCLC: 50499848