- It is also
thought that
early avialans were
either cranially akinetic or had
otherwise limited cranial kinesis.
Avialans diversified into a wide variety...
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Pygostylia is a
group of
avialans which includes the
Confuciusornithidae and all of the more
advanced species, the Ornithothoraces. The
group Pygostylia...
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Unlike Archaeopteryx and the non-
avialan feathered dinosaurs, who
primarily ate meat,
studies suggest that the
first avialans were omnivores. The Late Jur****ic...
- backward-pointing hip
characterizes the therizinosaurs, dromaeosaurids,
avialans, and some
primitive troodontids. The fact that the backward-pointing hip...
- anchiornithids, and
possibly the scansoriopterygids, the
group also
contains the
avialans,
which include diverse extinct taxa as well as the over 10,000 species...
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Dinosaur coloration is
generally one of the
unknowns in the
field of paleontology, as skin
pigmentation is
nearly always lost
during the fossilization...
-
study also
found that the
avialans Jeholornis and
Sapeornis grew
relatively slowly, as did the
dromaeosaurid Mahakala. The
avialans Confuciusornis and Ichthyornis...
-
synonym of C.
sanctus Jixiangornis J.
orientalis Jianshangou Bed A
basal avialan, also
present in the
Jiufotang Formation Hongshanornis H.
longicresta Jianshangou...
-
length of the humerus. In Fujianvenator, the
ratio is
closer to 40%. In
avialans, an
enlarged sca**** is
generally ****ociated with the
muscles necessary...
-
Hesperornithes is an
extinct and
highly specialized group of
aquatic avialans closely related to the
ancestors of
modern birds. They
inhabited both marine...
