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A Feathered Dinosaur Tail with Primitive Plumage Trapped in Mid-Cretaceous Amber
- L. Xing, Ryan C. McKellar, +11 authors P. J. Currie
- Biology, Medicine
- Current Biology
- 19 December 2016
In the two decades since the discovery of feathered dinosaurs [1-3], the range of plumage known from non-avialan theropods has expanded significantly, confirming several features predicted by… Expand
The Tail of Tyrannosaurus: Reassessing the Size and Locomotive Importance of the M. caudofemoralis in Non‐Avian Theropods
- W. Persons, P. J. Currie
- Biology, Medicine
- Anatomical record
- 1 January 2011
Unlike extant birds and mammals, most non‐avian theropods had large muscular tails, with muscle arrangements similar to those of modern reptiles. Examination of ornithomimid and tyrannosaurid tails… Expand
Oviraptorosaur Tail Forms and Functions
- W. Persons, P. J. Currie, M. Norell
- Biology
- 4 January 2013
Oviraptorosaur caudal osteology is unique among theropods and is characterized by posteriorly persistent and exceptionally wide transverse processes, anteroposteriorly short centra, and a high degree… Expand
A diverse saurischian (theropod–sauropod) dominated footprint assemblage from the Lower Cretaceous Jiaguan Formation in the Sichuan Basin, southwestern China: A new ornithischian ichnotaxon,…
- L. Xing, M. Lockley, +8 authors T. Xu
- Geology
- 1 May 2016
Abstract A sample of fallen blocks of fluvial sandstone from the Lower Cretaceous Jiaguan Formation of Sichuan Province yielded an assemblage of dinosaur and pterosaur tracks preserved as natural… Expand
PISCIVORY IN THE FEATHERED DINOSAUR MICRORAPTOR
- L. Xing, W. Persons, +5 authors P. J. Currie
- Biology, Medicine
- Evolution; international journal of organic…
- 1 August 2013
The largest specimen of the four‐winged dromaeosaurid dinosaur Microraptor gui includes preserved gut contents. Previous reports of gut contents and considerations of functional morphology have… Expand
A new early cretaceous dinosaur track assemblage and the first definite non-avian theropod swim trackway from China
- L. Xing, M. Lockley, +5 authors Jiefang Ebi
- Geology
- 10 April 2013
The trackway of a swimming theropod (ichnogenus Characichnos) is reported from the Lower Cretaceous Feitianshan Formation of Sichuan, China. These swim tracks help confirm that non-avian theropods… Expand
An unusual sauropod turning trackway from the Early Cretaceous of Shandong Province, China
- L. Xing, D. Marty, +8 authors W. Persons
- Geology
- 1 November 2015
An unusual turning and a regular, straight sauropod trackway both left by small trackmakers, as well as additional isolated medium-sized to large sauropod tracks are described from the Early… Expand
Saurischian track assemblages from the Lower Cretaceous Shenhuangshan Formation in the Yuanma Basin, Southern China
- L. Xing, M. Lockley, +7 authors W. Persons
- Geology
- 1 October 2016
Cretaceous dinosaur tracks from Hunan Province are historically significant as the basis for three ichnotaxa: Xiangxipus chenxiensis, Xiangxipus youngi, and Hunanpus jiuquwanensis all representing… Expand
Bristles before down: A new perspective on the functional origin of feathers
- W. Persons, P. J. Currie
- Biology, Medicine
- Evolution; international journal of organic…
- 1 April 2015
Over the course of the last two decades, the understanding of the early evolution of feathers in nonavian dinosaurs has been revolutionized. It is now recognized that early feathers had a simple form… Expand
Dinosaur Speed Demon: The Caudal Musculature of Carnotaurus sastrei and Implications for the Evolution of South American Abelisaurids
- W. Persons, P. J. Currie
- Biology, Medicine
- PloS one
- 17 October 2011
In the South American abelisaurids Carnotaurus sastrei, Aucasaurus garridoi, and, to a lesser extent Skorpiovenator bustingorryi, the anterior caudal ribs project at a high dorsolateral inclination… Expand