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Insights from China on the Dinosaurian Origin of Birds

Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology via YouTube

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This lecture examines how fossils from China’s Jehol and Yanliao biotas illuminate the dinosaurian origin of birds. It considers the evolution and possible functions of feathers and the diverse anatomical pathways that may have led to flight.

Syllabus

Introduction
Birds
Origin of Birds
Manchuria
filamentous feathers
theropod feathers
family tree of birds
Oviraptor
Ichi
Rodlike bones
Chinese fossil vertebrates
Stylerform cartilage
Wing reconstruction
Tetradurricks Stage
Early Flying
Some good reasons for skepticism
Acknowledgements

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Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology

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