- to
early Aptian,
roughly 125-120 mya).
Sapeornis contains only one species,
Sapeornis chaoyangensis.
Sapeornis was
large for an
early avialan,
about 30–33...
-
Birds are a
group of warm-blooded
vertebrates constituting the
class Aves (/ˈeɪviːz/),
characterised by feathers,
toothless beaked jaws, the
laying of...
- Press. 2004. Zhou, Z.; Zhang, F. (2003). "Anatomy of the
primitive bird Sapeornis chaoyangensis from the
Early Cretaceous of Liaoning, China". Canadian...
- ; Walsh, M. O. (2012). "A
subadult specimen of the
Early Cretaceous birdSapeornis chaoyangensisand a
taxonomic re****essment of sapeornithids". Journal...
- that
their specimen closely resembles Sapeornis, but the
pubis was
longer and,
since no
skull was
known for
Sapeornis, they did not
consider the two names...
- Beijing, pp 211–226 Zhou, Z.; Zhang, F. (2003). "Anatomy of the
primitive bird Sapeornis chaoyangensis from the
Early Cretaceous of Liaoning, China". Canadian...
- Microraptor)
could coexist with more
advanced fliers (like
Confuciusornis or
Sapeornis)
since they did not
compete for
flying niches. It
explains that the evolution...
- Provini;
Zhonghe Zhou;
Fucheng Zhang (2009). "A New
Species of the
Basal Bird Sapeornis from the
Early Cretaceous of Liaoning, China" (PDF).
Vertebrata PalAsiatica...
-
Dromornis is a
genus of
large to
enormous prehistoric birds native to
Australia during the
Oligocene to
Pliocene epochs. The
species were flightless,...
-
ontogeny in a
caenagnathid oviraptorosaur and the
Early Cretaceous bird Sapeornis, and
interpret it as
indicative of
links between dental reduction and...
