A basal tyrannosauroid dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of China

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A new basal tyrannosauroid from the lower Upper Jurassic of the Junggar Basin, northwestern China is the oldest known tyrannosauroid and has several unexpectedly primitive pelvic features. It has a large, fragile and highly pneumatic cranial crest that is among the most elaborate known in any non-avian dinosaur and could be comparable to some classical exaggerated ornamental traits among vertebrates.

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Basal tyrannosauroids from China and evidence for protofeathers in tyrannosauroids

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A new basal tyrannosauroid from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China, which is small and gracile and has relatively long arms with three-fingered hands, is reported. Basal tyrannosauroids shows a mosaic of characters, including a derived cranial structure resembling that of derived tyrannosauroids and a primitive postcranial skeleton similar to basal coelurosaurians.

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A Middle Jurassic 'sphenosuchian' from China and the origin of the crocodylian skull

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Phylogenetic analysis is used for exhibiting the relationship between the Middle Jurassic Sphenosuchia and the Crocodyliformes including living crocodylians. The studies also showed that the features of the modern crocodylian skull evolved during the phase when the postcranial skeleton was evolving towards greater cursoriality.

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