Jingmai K. O’Connor

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Best Publications

• The Origin and Diversification of Birds

  Stephen L. Brusatte;Jingmai K. O’Connor;Erich D. Jarvis;Erich D. Jarvis

  327
  Citations

• A nearly modern amphibious bird from the early cretaceous of northwestern China

  Hai-lu You;Matthew C. Lamanna;Jerald D. Harris;Luis M. Chiappe

  202
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• The completeness of the fossil record of mesozoic birds: implications for early avian evolution.

  Neil Brocklehurst;Paul Upchurch;Philip D. Mannion;Philip D. Mannion;Jingmai O'Connor

  130
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• Phylogenetic support for a specialized clade of Cretaceous enantiornithine birds with information from a new species

  Jingmai K. O'Connor;Jingmai K. O'Connor;Xuri Wang;Luis M. Chiappe;Chunling Gao

  129
  Citations

• Mummified precocial bird wings in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

  Lida Xing;Ryan C McKellar;Min Wang;Ming Bai

  115
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• The oldest record of ornithuromorpha from the early cretaceous of China

  Min Wang;Xiaoting Zheng;Jingmai K. O’Connor;Graeme T. Lloyd

  111
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• Preservation of ovarian follicles reveals early evolution of avian reproductive behaviour

  Xiaoting Zheng;Xiaoting Zheng;Jingmai(邹晶梅) O'Connor;Fritz Huchzermeyer;Xiaoli Wang

  111
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• The trophic habits of early birds

  Jingmai K. O'Connor;Jingmai K. O'Connor

  109
  Citations

• Insight into the early evolution of the avian sternum from juvenile enantiornithines

  Xiaoting Zheng;Xiaoting Zheng;Xiaoli Wang;Jingmai O'Connor;Zhonghe Zhou

  102
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• Anatomy of the Basal Ornithuromorph Bird Archaeorhynchus spathula from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning, China

  Shuang（周爽） Zhou;Zhonghe（周忠和） Zhou;Jingmai K.（邹晶梅） O'Connor

  102
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• A New Enantiornithine from the Yixian Formation with the First Recognized Avian Enamel Specialization

  Jingmai K.（邹晶梅） O'Connor;Yuguang Zhang;Luis M. Chiappe;Qingjin Meng

  92
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• Additional specimen of Microraptor provides unique evidence of dinosaurs preying on birds

  Jingmai O'Connor;Zhonghe Zhou;Xing Xu

  90
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• A new ornithuromorph (Aves: Ornithothoraces) bird from the Jehol Group indicative of higher-level diversity

  Jingmai K. O'Connor;Ke-Qin Gao;Luis M. Chiappe

  88
  Citations

• Molecular evidence of keratin and melanosomes in feathers of the Early Cretaceous bird Eoconfuciusornis

  Yanhong Pan;Wenxia Zheng;Alison E. Moyer;Jingmai K. O’Connor

  86
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• Insights into the evolution of rachis dominated tail feathers from a new basal enantiornithine (Aves: Ornithothoraces)

  Xiaoli Wang;Xiaoli Wang;Jingmai K. O'Connor;Xiaoting Zheng;Xiaoting Zheng;Min Wang

  84
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• A NEW BASAL LINEAGE OF EARLY CRETACEOUS BIRDS FROM CHINA AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE AVIAN TAIL

  Chunling Gao;Luis M. Chiappe;Qinjing Meng;Jingmai K. O’Connor;Jingmai K. O’Connor

  77
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• Homology and Potential Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms for the Development of Unique Feather Morphologies in Early Birds

  Jingmai K. O’Connor;Luis M. Chiappe;Cheng-ming Chuong;David J. Bottjer

  73
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• New Species of Enantiornithes (Aves: Ornithothoraces) from the Qiaotou Formation in Northern Hebei, China

  Xuri Wang;Jingmai K. O'connor;Jingmai K. O'connor;Bo Zhao;Luis M. Chiappe

  71
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• A new specimen of the Early Cretaceous bird Hongshanornis longicresta: insights into the aerodynamics and diet of a basal ornithuromorph.

  Luis M. Chiappe;Bo Zhao;Jingmai K. O’Connor;Gao Chunling

  69
  Citations

• A new Jurassic scansoriopterygid and the loss of membranous wings in theropod dinosaurs

  Min Wang;Jingmai K. O’Connor;Xing Xu;Zhonghe Zhou

  68
  Citations