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Qiang Ji
Researcher at Shijiazhuang University of Economics
Publications - 20
Citations - 1380
Qiang Ji is an academic researcher from Shijiazhuang University of Economics. The author has contributed to research in topics: Theropoda & Gansus. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 20 publications receiving 1291 citations. Previous affiliations of Qiang Ji include Nanjing University.
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Evidence for modular evolution in a long-tailed pterosaur with a pterodactyloid skull
TL;DR: Darwinopterus exhibits a remarkable ‘modular’ combination of characters: the skull and neck are typically pterodactyloid, exhibiting numerous derived character states, while the remainder of the skeleton is almost completely plesiomorphic and identical to that of basal pterosaurs, supporting the idea that modules were the principal focus of natural selection and played a leading role in evolutionary transitions.
Anatomy and systematics of the Confuciusornithidae (Theropoda, Aves) from the late Mesozoic of northeastern China. Bulletin of the AMNH ; no. 242
TL;DR: The Anatomy of Confuciusornis sanctus, a Treatise on the Forms of Communication and Disorders of Communication, edited by David I. Dickinson, 2nd Ed.
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The distribution of integumentary structures in a feathered dinosaur
TL;DR: An enigmatic small theropod dinosaur is reported on that is covered with filamentous feather-like structures over its entire body.
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A nearly modern amphibious bird from the early cretaceous of northwestern China
Hai-Lu You,Matthew C. Lamanna,Jerald D. Harris,Luis M. Chiappe,Jingmai K. O’Connor,Shu-An Ji,Junchang Lü,Chong-xi Yuan,Daqing Li,Xing Zhang,Kenneth J. Lacovara,Peter Dodson,Qiang Ji +12 more
TL;DR: The anatomy of Gansus, like that of other non-neornithean (nonmodern) ornithuran birds, indicates specialization for an amphibious life-style, supporting the hypothesis that modern birds originated in aquatic or littoral niches.
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An Early Ostrich Dinosaur and Implications for Ornithomimosaur Phylogeny
TL;DR: A new ornithomimosaur from the Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province People's Republic of China is described in this article, which is interesting because it has several primitive characters for ornithimosaurs such as teeth and a short first metacarpal.