RE: Basal birds from China (free pdf) (correction)

[bh480@scn.org]

From:
 Ben Creisler
 bh480@scn.org


Hit send a bit too quickly. Here?s the correct ref with 
the full title of the article included:

Dongsheng LI , Corwin SULLIVAN , Zhonghe ZHOU, Fucheng 
ZHANG, 2010. Basal birds from China: a brief review. 
Chinese Birds 2010, 1(2): 83-96. 


>  I don't recall seeing this article mentioned 
(apologies 
>  if I missed it). The pdf can be downloaded for free. 
>  Also, this is a new journal called Chinese Birds that 
>  might be worth monitoring for paleobird content in the 
>  future.

 
http://www.chinesebirds.net:8080/Jweb_bird/EN/volumn/curre
nt.shtml

http://www.chinesebirds.net:8080/Jweb_bird/EN/abstract/abs
tract33.shtml

>  Dongsheng LI , Corwin SULLIVAN , Zhonghe ZHOU1, 
Fucheng 
>  ZHANG, 2010. Chinese Birds 2010, 1(2) 83-96. 

> We use the term "basal birds" for a relatively small 
> number of primitive fossil birds that fall outside the 
> major clade Ornithothoraces, which includes both modern 
> birds and enantiornithines. Eight genera and twelve 
valid 
> species have been reported from China in the last 15 
> years, whereas Archaeopteryx lithographica remains the 
> only basal bird to have been described from non-Chinese 
> specimens (although confuciusornithid material is 
> apparently present in North Korea). Here we briefly 
> review the Chinese basal birds and their anatomy, 
> phylogeny and ecology. Chinese fossils have contributed 
> extensively to scientific understanding of early avian 
> evolution, demonstrating collectively that basal birds 
> were generally relatively large and morphologically and 
> ecologically quite diverse. Although some significant 
> uncertainties remain, particularly with respect to the 
> relative phylogenetic positions of Jeholornis, 
Sapeornis 
> and Zhongornis, an increasingly clear picture of the 
> first stages of avian evolution is emerging from the 
> Chinese fossil record.