Pronunciation: AY-vee-uh-lay
Author: Jacques Armand Gauthier
Year: 1986
Meaning: Bird wings (see etymology)
Locomotion: Bipedal (two legs)
Synonyms: None known
Author: Jacques Armand Gauthier
Year: 1986
Meaning: Bird wings (see etymology)
Locomotion: Bipedal (two legs)
Synonyms: None known
[Xu et al., 2011]Definition
The most-inclusive clade containing Passer domesticus (house sparrow) but not Dromaeosaurus albertensis or Troodon formosus.
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Etymology
Avialae is derived from the Latin "avis" (bird) and "ala" (wing).
Relationships
References
• Gauthier J (1986) "Saurischian monophyly and the origin of birds". Page 1-55 in Padian (ed) "The Origin of Birds and the Evolution of Flight". Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences, 8.
• Senter P (2007) "A new look at the phylogeny of Coelurosauria (Dinosauria: Theropoda)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 5(4): 429-463. DOI: 10.1017/S1477201907002143.
• Kaiser GW (2007) "The Inner Bird: Anatomy and Evolution".
• Chiappe LM (2007) "Glorified Dinosaurs: The Origin and Early Evolution of Birds".
• Xu X, You H-L, Du K and Han F (2011) "An Archaeopteryx-like theropod from China and the origin of Avialae". Nature, 475(7357): 465-70. DOI: 10.1038/nature10288.
• Agnolin F and Novas FE (2013) "Avian Ancestors: A Review of the Phylogenetic Relationships of the Theropods Unenlagiidae, Microraptoria, Anchiornis and Scansoriopterygidae".
• Hartman S, Mortimer M, Wahl WR, Lomax DR, Lippincott J, Lovelace DM (2019) "A new paravian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of North America supports a late acquisition of avian flight". PeerJ, 7: e7247. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.7247.
