An Archaeopteryx-like theropod from China and the origin of Avialae
Nature
Sjekket: 10.9.2026
Original peer-reviewed description of Xiaotingia zhengi by Xu, You, Du and Han (2011), providing the type specimen, anatomy, feathering and phylogenetic interpretation of the species.
Åpne kilde ↗An Archaeopteryx-like theropod from China and the origin of Avialae
Nature
Sjekket: 10.9.2026
Original peer-reviewed description of Xiaotingia zhengi by Xu, You, Du and Han (2011), providing the type specimen, anatomy, feathering and phylogenetic interpretation of the species.
Åpne kilde ↗Re-evaluation of the Haarlem Archaeopteryx and the radiation of maniraptoran theropod dinosaurs
BMC Evolutionary Biology (Springer Nature)
Sjekket: 10.9.2026
Peer-reviewed phylogenetic analysis that places Xiaotingia within the paravian clade Anchiornithidae among maniraptoran theropods, documenting the genus' position in the dinosaurian lineage.
Åpne kilde ↗Stratigraphy and Geochronology of Vertebrate Fossil-Bearing Jurassic Strata from Linglongta, Jianchang County, Western Liaoning, Northeastern China
Acta Geologica Sinica
Sjekket: 10.9.2026
Documents the stratigraphic and geographic setting of the Linglongta (Jianchang County, western Liaoning) fossil beds of the Tiaojishan Formation that yielded Xiaotingia, with SHRIMP U-Pb dates of about 161–159 Ma for the fossil-bearing horizon.
Åpne kilde ↗An Updated Review of the Middle-Late Jurassic Yanliao Biota: Chronology, Taphonomy, Paleontology and Paleoecology
Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition), Wiley
Sjekket: 10.9.2026
Peer-reviewed review of the Yanliao (Daohugou) Biota of the Tiaojishan Formation, describing the volcanically influenced lake-and-forest palaeoenvironment and exceptional preservation in which Xiaotingia and other feathered paravians are found.
Åpne kilde ↗PBDB Taxon: †Xiaotingia zhengi Xu et al. 2011
Paleobiology Database
Sjekket: 10.9.2026
Paleobiology Database taxon record for Xiaotingia zhengi, listing its ecological data including carnivorous feeding habit for this small maniraptoran theropod.
Åpne kilde ↗High-precision U-Pb geochronology of the Jurassic Yanliao Biota from Jianchang (western Liaoning Province, China): Age constraints on the rise of feathered dinosaurs and eutherian mammals
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (AGU/Wiley)
Sjekket: 10.9.2026
Extinct taxon; conservation status NE
Åpne kilde ↗An Archaeopteryx-like theropod from China and the origin of Avialae
Nature
Sjekket: 10.9.2026
Original peer-reviewed description of Xiaotingia zhengi by Xu, You, Du and Han (2011), providing the type specimen, anatomy, feathering and phylogenetic interpretation of the species.
Åpne kilde ↗An Archaeopteryx-like theropod from China and the origin of Avialae
Nature
Sjekket: 10.9.2026
Original peer-reviewed description of Xiaotingia zhengi by Xu, You, Du and Han (2011), providing the type specimen, anatomy, feathering and phylogenetic interpretation of the species.
Åpne kilde ↗