AW: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the New Papers

[evelyn sobielski <koreke77@yahoo.de>]

> Yuan, C. 2008. A new genus and species of Sapeornithidae
> from Lower Cretaceous in western Liaoning, China. Acta
> Geologica Sinica 82(1):48-55.
> 
> ABSTRACT: Sapeornithidae is a basal pygostylian family of
> Early Cretaceous primitive birds, in which only one genus
> and species, Sapeornis chaoyangensis, was reported before.
> This paper deals with a new genus and species of this
> family, Didactylornis jii gen. et sp. nov., which was
> unearthed from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation in
> western Liaoning. According to our phylogenetic analyses,
> both Didactylornis gen. nov. and Sapeornis form a sister
> group, which is basal to the clade formed by Confuciusornis
> and all the more derived birds, and more closely related to
> the short-tailed pygostylian birds than to the long-tailed
> avialian birds. The early history of pygostylian birds is
> poorly documented except for the studies of Confuciusornis
> and Sapeornis. The discovery of Didactylornis jii gen. et
> sp. nov. adds the new material for the study on the early
> evolution of birds.

So it's closer to _Sapeornis_ than to _Omnivoropteryx_, or what? Anyways, does 
anyone have this already? My licence covers issue 3 and 4, but strangely 1+2 
are not listed at all (as of yet).

Thanks in advance,

Eike


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