- Page 1 and 2: A Field Guide to Mesozoic Birds and
- Page 3 and 4: To my wife Rashida, For always bugg
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- Page 8 and 9: Introduction
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- Page 14 and 15: Bird Origins & Evolution
- Page 16 and 17: fur-like filaments called pycnofibr
- Page 18 and 19: This same group (Chuniaoae) is wher
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- Page 22 and 23: erately long rachides with long bar
- Page 24 and 25: istles, the opposite of filoplumes,
- Page 26 and 27: ers are anchored to a single plough
- Page 28 and 29: using their wings to passively exte
- Page 30 and 31: modern downstroke where the arm mov
- Page 32 and 33: While Mesozoic birds and other anci
- Page 34 and 35: Feathers & Wings Feathers are class
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- Page 38 and 39: which aids in aerial maneuverabilit
- Page 40 and 41: Hesperornis, the premaxillary nail
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- Page 44 and 45: Feather Color Recent work by Jakob
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- Page 52 and 53: About the Guide Each entry in this
- Page 54 and 55: Basal Caenagnathiformes The first h
- Page 56 and 57: Strong Primitive Archaeopter Protar
- Page 58 and 59: Heavy Tail Feather No scientific na
- Page 60 and 61: Liudian Luoyang Luoyanggia liudiane
- Page 62 and 63: Caenagnathoids The caenagnathoids i
- Page 64 and 65: Egg Seizer Fond of Ceratopsians Ovi
- Page 66 and 67: Mitre-crested Egg Seizer No scienti
- Page 68 and 69: Huang’s Heyuan Heyuannia huangi T
- Page 70 and 71: Erlian Gigantic Raptor Gigantorapto
- Page 72 and 73: Rare Hand Lizard Elmisaurus rarus T
- Page 74 and 75: Basal Eumaniraptorans & Deinonychos
- Page 76 and 77: Huxley’s Near Bird Anchiornis hux
- Page 78 and 79: Microraptorians Microraptorians wer
- Page 80 and 81: Ostrom’s Tianyu Robber Tianyurapt
- Page 82 and 83: Lujiatun Graceful Thief Gracilirapt
- Page 84 and 85: Eudromaeosaurians “True dromaeosa
- Page 86 and 87: Ostrom & Mays’ Utah Predator Utah
- Page 88 and 89: Doelling’s Coyote Yurgovuchia doe
- Page 90 and 91: Mongolian Swift Seizer Velociraptor
- Page 92 and 93: Unenlagiines “Half birds”, a hi
- Page 94 and 95: Ostrom’s Menace-from-the-Clouds B
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Elegant Golden Phoenix Feather Jinf
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Suarezes’ Twin Seizer Geminirapto
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Mongolian Bird-like Saurian Saurorn
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Sampson’s Talos Talos sampsoni Ti
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Basal Avialans The lineage leading
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Heilmann’s Climbing Wing Scansori
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Eastern Jixiang Bird Jixiangornis o
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Holy Confucius Bird Confuciusornis
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Jianchang Confucius Bird Confuciuso
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Basal Enantiornitheans The most div
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Fengning Primitive Feather Protopte
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Meng’s Shenzhou 7 Bird Shenqiorni
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Romeral’s Iberian Middle Bird Ibe
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Eoenantiornithiformes “Dawn enant
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Thorn-nosed Dapingfang Bird Dapingf
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Cooper’s Fan-tail Bird Shanweinia
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Cathayornithiformes The “Cathay b
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Hou’s Peng Bird Pengornis houi Ti
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Chabu Cathay Bird “Cathayornis”
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Lake Cuenca Bird Concornis lacustri
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Unexpected Sun Bird Intiornis inexp
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Cyril’s Mystery Bird Mystiornis c
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Basal Euornitheans “True birds”
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Spatulate Ancient Beak Archaeorhync
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Yang’s Zhongjian Bird Zhongjianor
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Martin’s Yan Bird Yanornis martin
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Patagopterygiformes “Patagonia wi
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Derived Euornitheans & Basal Carina
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Dement’yev’s Vacillating Beginn
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Yumen Gansu Gansus yumenensis Time:
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Avians Avians, “(modern) birds”
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IAA Vega Bird Vegavis iaai Time: 65
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Hesperornitheans Given the fact tha
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Barrett’s Seabird Enaliornis barr
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Fallen Diving Bird Baptornis advenu
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Appendix A: Excluded Species Unfort
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• Martinavis vincei - known from
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Appendix B: Clade Definitions The e
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Microraptorinae Senter & al. 2004 [
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Patagopterygiformes Alvarenga & Bon
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Appendix C: Evolutionary Linnaean C
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182 Family Brodavidae Martin & al.
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• Quill: See rachis • Rachis (p
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Microraptor and the evolution of th
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