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Scansoriopteryx

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was also interpreted as arboreal based on the elongated hand and specializations in the foot. The describing authors stated that the long hand and strongly curved claws are adaptations for climbing and moving around among tree branches. They viewed this as an early stage in the evolution of the bird
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had a non-perforated hip socket, which is more open in most, but not all, other dinosaurs. It also had a pubis (hip bone) which pointed forward, a primitive trait among theropods, and unlike some maniraptorans more closely related to birds, where the pubis points downward or backward. The legs were
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to have come into wide use by experts. This situation was used as an example in a proposed amendment to the ICZN by Jerry Harris that would consider electronic articles with Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) that are subsequently available in print to qualify as "publication" for naming purposes.
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around select parts of the body, forming V-shaped patterns similar to those seen in modern down feathers. The most prominent feather impressions trail from the left forearm and hand. The longer feathers in this region led Czerkas and Yuan to speculate that adult scansoriopterygids may have had
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wing, stating that the forelimbs became well-developed for climbing, and that this development later lead to the evolution of a wing capable of flight. They stated that long, grasping hands are more suited to climbing than to flight, since most flying birds have relatively short hands.
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V12653), also shows features indicating it was a juvenile. The specimen is partially disarticulated, and most bones are preserved as impressions in the rock slab, rather than three-dimensional structures. Because the only known specimens are juvenile, the size of a full-grown
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had a semilunate (half-moon shaped) bone in the wrist that allowed for bird-like folding motion in the hand. Even if powered flight was not possible, this motion could have aided maneuverability in leaping from branch to branch. Reticulate
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has a well-preserved foot, and the authors interpreted the hallux as reversed, the condition of a backward-pointing toe being widespread among modern tree-dwelling birds. Furthermore, the authors pointed to the short, stiffened tail of the
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is also notable for its wide, rounded jaws. The lower jaw contained at least twelve teeth, larger in the front of the jaws than in the back. The lower jaw bones may have been fused together, a feature otherwise known only in the
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was the first to be published in print and is therefore the valid name, but the fact that the ICZN does not recognize online names as valid has led to confusion over which has priority. In scientific literature, the genus
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was recovered from the Daohugou fossil beds of northeastern China. In the past, there has been some uncertainty regarding the age of these beds. Various papers have placed the fossils here anywhere from the
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Xu, X.; Zheng, X.; Sullivan, C.; Wang, X.; Xing, L.; Wang, Y.; Zhang, X.; o’Connor, J. K.; Zhang, F.; Pan, Y. (2015). "A bizarre Jurassic maniraptoran theropod with preserved evidence of membranous wings".
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evolved from small, flying or gliding forms that lived in trees. The authors took this idea further than Paul, however, and lent support to George Olshevsky's 1992 "birds came first" hypothesis, that
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and stating their opinion that certain archaic features of the skeleton and the hypothesis that it was arboreal ruled out the possibility that it was a theropod or even a dinosaur, but that
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Feduccia, Alan; Lingham-Soliar, Theagarten; Hinchliffe; Richard, J. (November 2005). "Do feathered dinosaurs exist? Testing the hypothesis on neontological and paleontological evidence".
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and similar dinosaurs, as well as for the origin of birds in general. A Middle Jurassic age would mean that the bird-like dinosaurs in the Daohugou beds are older than the "first bird",
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type specimen is uncertain, as it was obtained from private fossil dealers who did not record exact geologic data. Czerkas and Yuan initially reported that it had likely come from the
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short, and preserve small pebbly scales along the upper foot (metatarsus), as well as possible impressions of long feathers in the same area, possibly similar to the "hind wings" of
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specimen does not preserve a reversed hallux, the backward-facing toe seen in modern perching birds, its foot was very similar in construction to more primitive perching birds like
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are longer than the hind limbs. The authors argued that this anomaly indicates the forelimbs played an important role in locomotion even at an extremely early developmental stage.
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Wang, X.; Zhou, Z.; He, H.; Jin, F.; Wang, Y.; Zhang, J.; Wang, Y.; Xu, X.; Zhang, F. (2005). "Stratigraphy and age of the Daohugou Bed in Ningcheng, Inner Mongolia".
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is its elongated third finger, which is the longest on the hand, nearly twice as long as the second finger. This is unlike the configuration seen in most other
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reasonably well-developed wing feathers which could have aided in leaping or rudimentary gliding, though they ruled out the possibility that
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Padian, Kevin. (2001) "Basal Avialae" in "The Dinosauria" in "The Dinosauria: Second Edition" University of California Press. 2004.
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Ren, D.; et al. (2002). "On the biostratigraphy of the Jurassic fossil beds at Daohugou near Ningcheng, Inner Mongolia".
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Zhang, F.; Zhou, Z.; Xu, X.; Wang, X. (2002). "A juvenile coelurosaurian theropod from China indicates arboreal habits".
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Czerkas, S.A., and Yuan, C. (2002). "An arboreal maniraptoran from northeast China." Pp. 63-95 in Czerkas, S.J. (Ed.),
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Czerkas, S. A., & Feduccia, A. (2014). Jurassic archosaur is a non-dinosaurian bird. Journal of Ornithology, 1-11.
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true theropods are secondarily flightless or at least secondarily arboreal, having evolved from small, tree-dwelling,
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the most primitive known dinosaurs. Czerkas and Yuan called it a "proto-maniraptoran", supporting the hypothesis of
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appeared has a very small circulation, but was distributed on roughly 2002-09-02, before the print appearance of
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specimen as a tree-climbing adaptation. The tail may have been used as a prop, much like the tails of modern
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Agnolin, Federico L.; Motta, Matias J.; Brissón Egli, Federico; Lo Coco, Gastón; Novas, Fernando E. (2019).
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has been controversial. The type specimen was described only a few months after a very similar specimen,
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Senter, P (2007). "A new look at the phylogeny of Coelurosauria (Dinosauria: Theropoda)".
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period (122 ma). The age of this formation has implications for the relationship between
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by some scientists, such as Alan Feduccia, and as a junior synonym by others such as
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are much better adapted to climbing than the modern tree-climbing hatchling of the
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to argue for an unorthodox interpretation of dinosaur evolution. They stated that
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as the junior synonym, though it was the first name to be validly published.
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lizards, also supports the tree-climbing hypothesis. Indeed, the hands of
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were preserved in the proximal portion of the second metatarsal, and the
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Czerkas and Yuan used the suite of primitive and birdlike characters in
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and other basal paravians. It also had an unusually large first toe, or
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impressions at the end of the tail, similar to the pattern found in
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could have achieved powered flight. Like other maniraptorans,
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The tail was long, six or seven times the length of the
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also contains the fossilized impression of feathers.
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that the larger, ground-dwelling maniraptorans like
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spent a significant amount of time living in trees.
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See the 709:period (169 million years ago) to the 7: 4592:Species known from a single specimen 1221:Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 1034:Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 546:, and ended in a fan of feathers. 463:dinosaur, similar in some ways to 25: 852:was "clearly more primitive than 809:Harris noted that while the name 4436: 4435: 4381: 4375: 3941: 3936: 2992: 2985: 2978: 2229: 2223: 2217: 1342: 1336:, from Gareth Monger: Paleo Art. 376:, with some preferring to treat 142: 758:to be a close relative of true 1253:Holtz, Thomas R., Jr. (2007). 792:(ICZN) would give priority to 684:specimen also preserved faint 653:Epidendrosaurus ningchengensis 1: 4587:Fossil taxa described in 2002 895:In 2014, Czerkas, along with 778:Epidendrosaurus ninchengensis 475:Epidendrosaurus ninchengensis 306:Epidendrosaurus ninchengensis 950:The Dinosaur Museum Journal 750:lent its name to the family 615:also noted that the foot of 504:One distinctive feature of 4608: 4577:Jurassic dinosaurs of Asia 1281:Frontiers in Earth Science 1257:. 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Jurassic 722: 721: 720:Archaeopteryx 716: 712: 708: 703: 695: 693: 691: 687: 683: 679: 674: 670: 665: 661: 654: 649: 642: 640: 638: 634: 633: 628: 627: 622: 618: 614: 609: 606: 601: 599: 595: 591: 587: 583: 578: 574: 570: 561: 554: 549: 547: 545: 540: 538: 534: 533: 527: 523: 521: 520: 515: 511: 507: 502: 500: 495: 491: 489: 485: 480: 476: 472: 468: 467: 466:Archaeopteryx 462: 458: 454: 450: 449:type specimen 442: 437: 430: 428: 426: 422: 421:type specimen 417: 415: 414:Daohugou Beds 411: 407: 403: 402:Daohugou Beds 399: 395: 391: 383: 381: 379: 375: 370: 368: 364: 363: 358: 354: 350: 346: 342: 338: 335: 331: 327: 326: 313: 307: 304: 303: 301: 298: 294: 287: 285: 276: 273: 272:Binomial name 269: 265: 264: 258: 255: 254: 250: 244: 243: 236: 233: 232: 229: 223: 220: 219: 216: 213: 210: 207: 206: 203: 200: 197: 194: 193: 190: 187: 184: 181: 180: 177: 174: 171: 170: 167: 164: 161: 160: 157: 154: 151: 150: 145: 140: 136: 131: 127: 122: 115: 110: 105: 100: 95: 90: 85: 80: 75: 70: 65: 60: 54: 51:165–156  47: 43: 37: 33: 30: 19: 4465: 4431:Unenlagiidae 4356: 4349: 4341: 4334: 4326: 4319: 4312: 4305: 4298: 4293:Odontopteryx 4291: 4283: 4276: 4269: 4261: 4254: 4247: 4240: 4233: 4226: 4202: 4195: 4187: 4164: 4157: 4150: 4143: 4119: 4109: 4099: 4082: 4020:Galloanserae 4007: 3894:Lamarqueavis 3892: 3887:Cimolopteryx 3885: 3878: 3855: 3848: 3840: 3832: 3826:Australornis 3824: 3797: 3790: 3783: 3776: 3769: 3749: 3744:Pasquiaornis 3742: 3735: 3728: 3721: 3714: 3707: 3680: 3673: 3650: 3640: 3630: 3620: 3610: 3600: 3590: 3580: 3569: 3536: 3529: 3522: 3498: 3490: 3483: 3477:Piscivoravis 3475: 3467: 3444: 3437: 3430: 3423: 3416: 3392: 3384: 3377: 3356:Patagopteryx 3354: 3346: 3339: 3316: 3309: 3286: 3276: 3268:Xinghaiornis 3266: 3255: 3245: 3235: 3225: 3217:Khinganornis 3215: 3205: 3195: 3187:Jiuquanornis 3185: 3175: 3165: 3155: 3145: 3136:Gargantuavis 3134: 3124: 3114: 3104: 3094: 3084: 3076:Changmaornis 3074: 3064: 3054: 3044: 2983: 2894:Jinguofortis 2892: 2885: 2878: 2855: 2848: 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1612:Migmanychion 1610: 1599: 1590:Fukuivenator 1588: 1577: 1433: 1424: 1415: 1331: 1304:11336/130197 1284: 1280: 1270: 1254: 1249: 1224: 1220: 1214: 1205: 1201: 1195: 1162: 1158: 1151: 1092: 1088: 1056: 1052: 1046: 1037: 1033: 987: 983: 951: 947: 912: 904: 900: 894: 889: 885: 881:Velociraptor 879: 871: 867: 859: 853: 849: 845: 843: 823: 819: 814: 810: 805: 801: 797: 793: 785: 781: 777: 773: 771: 755: 747: 746: 736: 732: 728: 723:, which was 718: 714: 701: 699: 696:Paleoecology 689: 681: 672: 668: 659: 658: 652: 636: 630: 624: 620: 616: 612: 610: 604: 602: 593: 581: 576: 572: 568: 566: 550:Paleobiology 541: 530: 525: 524: 517: 513: 505: 503: 493: 492: 483: 474: 464: 461:maniraptoran 452: 446: 440: 424: 418: 405: 397: 389: 387: 377: 373: 371: 366: 360: 352: 334:maniraptoran 324: 323: 322: 311: 305: 283: 278: 262: 261: 241: 240: 208: 195: 182: 35: 29: 4490:Wikispecies 4328:Proceriavis 4300:Odontoptila 4256:Gigantornis 4166:Ilbandornis 4101:Asteriornis 3842:Neogaeornis 3792:Hesperornis 3723:Chupkaornis 3675:Ichthyornis 3500:Yixianornis 3446:Tianyuornis 3394:Palintropus 3341:Alamitornis 3227:Meemannavis 3197:Juehuaornis 3116:Eogranivora 3056:Bellulornis 2880:Chongmingia 2630:Overoraptor 2620:Fukuipteryx 2283:Imperobator 2122:Segnosaurus 1887:Ceratonykus 1846:Parvicursor 1817:Khulsanurus 1810:Jaculinykus 1778:Patagonykus 1688:Patagonykus 1622:Yaverlandia 1562:Maniraptora 1549:Maniraptora 1508:Maniraptora 1387:Maniraptora 690:Microraptor 632:Longipteryx 626:Cathayornis 586:woodpeckers 532:Microraptor 431:Description 4566:Categories 4399:See also: 4321:Pelagornis 4189:Brontornis 3996:Neognathae 3915:see below↓ 3880:Ceramornis 3850:Polarornis 3817:Vegaviidae 3785:Fumicollis 3751:Potamornis 3737:Judinornis 3730:Enaliornis 3554:Ornithurae 3524:Abitusavis 3318:Schizooura 3278:Yumenornis 3237:Platanavis 3207:Kaririavis 3157:Horezmavis 3096:Chaoyangia 3025:Euornithes 3012:Euornithes 2949:see below↓ 2940:Euornithes 2887:Cratonavis 2763:Pygostylia 2740:Kompsornis 2725:Jeholornis 2661:Zhongornis 2588:Alcmonavis 2476:Alcmonavis 2446:Xiaotingia 2439:Serikornis 2382:Anchiornis 2338:Ambopteryx 2192:see below↓ 2032:Alxasaurus 1921:Linhenykus 1905:Mononykini 1894:Xixianykus 1853:Qiupanykus 1839:Ondogurvel 1803:Dzharaonyx 1764:Bradycneme 1742:Alnashetri 1517:see below↓ 1420:Dinosauria 1208:: 584–591. 921:References 457:fossilized 443:" specimen 202:Saurischia 189:Dinosauria 4426:Sauriurae 4406:Carinatae 4242:Cyphornis 4228:Aequornis 4197:Gastornis 4159:Genyornis 4152:Dromornis 3709:Baptornis 3642:Limenavis 3622:Iaceornis 3612:Guildavis 3602:Gallornis 3592:Cerebavis 3582:Apatornis 3386:Apsaravis 3379:Ambiortus 3348:Kuszholia 2813:Sapeornis 2640:Rahonavis 2432:Pedopenna 2314:Rahonavis 1986:Falcarius 1928:Mononykus 1880:Albinykus 1710:Xiyunykus 1579:Elopteryx 1496:Theropoda 1481:Theropoda 1429:Theropoda 1403:Kingdom: 1313:2296-6463 1187:205243599 510:theropods 256:Species: 215:Theropoda 162:Kingdom: 156:Eukaryota 46:Oxfordian 42:Callovian 4510:47458490 4481:Q1192657 4475:Wikidata 4441:Category 4249:Dasornis 4121:Qinornis 3778:Canadaga 3716:Brodavis 3538:Yanornis 3492:Yanornis 3469:Hollanda 3167:Iteravis 3147:Hollanda 3106:Dingavis 2857:Yangavis 2781:Proornis 2425:Ostromia 2389:Aurornis 1935:Shuvuuia 1667:Bannykus 1411:Chordata 1409:Phylum: 1405:Animalia 1241:83726237 1179:25924069 1117:12435090 1012:15079072 1004:16217748 664:feathers 555:Climbing 471:holotype 345:Liaoning 337:dinosaur 297:Synonyms 221:Family: 176:Chordata 172:Phylum: 166:Animalia 152:Domain: 4536:4128688 4523:4818612 4263:Laornis 4009:Neoaves 3857:Vegavis 3682:Janavis 3257:Wyleyia 2567:Avialae 2396:Caihong 2262:Paraves 2249:Paraves 2183:Paraves 1097:Bibcode 767:Avialae 686:feather 598:hoatzin 590:iguanid 488:sparrow 384:History 357:sparrow 281:† 260:† 234:Genus: 4549:162571 3834:Maaqwi 3632:Kookne 3247:Vorona 3126:Gansus 2598:Balaur 1601:Kakuru 1311:  1261:  1239:  1185:  1177:  1159:Nature 1125:556221 1123:  1115:  1010:  1002:  733:et al. 678:scales 613:et al. 611:Zhang 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