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SUBMITTER: Yang S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7322064 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yang Saihong S He Huaiyu H Jin Fan F Zhang Fucheng F Wu Yuanbao Y Yu Zhiqiang Z Li Qiuli Q Wang Min M O'Connor Jingmai K JK Deng Chenglong C Zhu Rixiang R Zhou Zhonghe Z
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20200608 25
The Lower Cretaceous Huajiying Formation of the Sichakou Basin in northern Hebei Province, northern China contains key vertebrate taxa of the early Jehol Biota, e.g., <i>Protopteryx fengningensis</i>, <i>Archaeornithura meemannae</i>, <i>Peipiaosteus fengningensis</i>, and <i>Eoconfuciusornis zhengi</i> This formation arguably documents the second-oldest bird-bearing horizon, producing the oldest fossil records of the two major Mesozoic avian groups Enantiornithes and Ornithuromorpha. Hence, pre ...[more]