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ArticleScience advances2026

Jurassic avialan reveals stepwise evolution of bony tail in birds.

Min Wang, Jianrong Tang, Ke Deng, Liping Dong, Liming Xu, Xing Xu, Min Lin, Honggang Du, Ganmin Lin, Runsheng Chen and 2 more

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Min WangInstitute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8506-1213
Jianrong TangFujian Province Geological Science Research Institute, Fuzhou 350013, China.ORCID 0009-0007-6255-1114
Ke DengFujian Province Geological Science Research Institute, Fuzhou 350013, China.
Liping DongInstitute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9152-0359
Liming XuFujian Province Geological Science Research Institute, Fuzhou 350013, China.
Xing XuInstitute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4786-9948
Min LinFujian Province Geological Science Research Institute, Fuzhou 350013, China.
Honggang DuFujian Province Geological Science Research Institute, Fuzhou 350013, China.
Ganmin LinFujian Province Geological Science Research Institute, Fuzhou 350013, China.
Runsheng ChenFujian Province Geological Science Research Institute, Fuzhou 350013, China.
Chi ZhangInstitute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6009-5273
Zhonghe ZhouInstitute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The evolutionary assembly of the flight-adapted bird body plan encompasses some of the most profound morphological changes in terrestrial vertebrate history. Beyond feathered wings, the short pygostyle-bearing tail has been pivotal to the clade's ecological success. However, transition from the long bony tail to the short pygostyle-bearing tail remains a mystery, hindered by the scarcity of early branching avialans with transitional morphologies. Here, we report on a new avialan,

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Biological EvolutionBirdsBone and BonesFossilsTailAnimalsChinaFlight, AnimalPhylogeny

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