Evolution of feathers and colours in birds and dinosaurs

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Research output per year 2012 2014 2016 2017 2017

• 18 Article (Academic Journal)

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• 2017

  Cellular preservation of musculoskeletal specializations in the Cretaceous bird Confuciusornis

  Jiang, B., Zhao, T., Regnault, S., Edwards, N. P., Kohn, S. C., Li, Z., Wogelius, R. A., Benton, M. J. & Hutchinson, J. R., 22 Mar 2017, In: Nature Communications. 8, 10 p., 14779.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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  • Hindlimb 100%
  • Tarsometatarsus 100%
  • Tibiotarsus 50%
  • Arm 33%
  • Flexor Tendon 33%
  19 Citations (Scopus)

  452 Downloads (Pure)

• Macroevolutionary patterns in Rhynchocephalia: is the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) a living fossil?

  Herrera Flores, J., Stubbs, T. & Benton, M., May 2017, In: Palaeontology. 60, 3, p. 319-328 10 p.

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  • history 43%
  • Sphenodon punctatus 18%
  45 Citations (Scopus)

  709 Downloads (Pure)

• On the purported presence of fossilised collagen fibres in an ichthyosaur and a theropod dinosaur

  Smithwick, F., Mayr, G., Saitta, E., Benton, M. & Vinther, J., May 2017, In: Palaeontology. 60, 3, p. 409–422 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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  • Taxon 100%
  • Image Quality 100%
  • Bird 100%
  • Sedimentary Feature 100%
  • China 100%
  13 Citations (Scopus)

  470 Downloads (Pure)

• 'Residual diversity estimates' do not correct for sampling bias in palaeodiversity data

  Sakamoto, M., Venditti, C. & Benton, M. J., Apr 2017, In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 8, 4, p. 453–459 7 p.

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  • Sampling Bias 100%
  • Phylogenetics 75%
  • Fossil Record 25%
  • Ancestry 25%
  • Multiple Regression 25%
  19 Citations (Scopus)

  318 Downloads (Pure)

• Untangling the dinosaur family tree

  Langer, M. C., Ezcurra, M. D., Rauhut, O. W. M., Benton, M. J., Knoll, F., McPhee, B. W., Novas, F. E., Pol, D. & Brusatte, S. L., 1 Nov 2017, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nature. 551, 7678, p. E1-E3

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  70 Citations (Scopus)

  2217 Downloads (Pure)
• 2016

  A Feathered Dinosaur Tail with Primitive Plumage Trapped in Mid-Cretaceous Amber

  Xing, L., McKellar, R. C., Xu, X., Li, G., Bai, M., Persons, W. S., Miyashita, T., Benton, M. J., Zhang, J., Wolfe, A. P., Yi, Q., Tseng, K., Ran, H. & Currie, P. J., 19 Dec 2016, In: Current Biology. 26, 24, p. 3352-3360 9 p.

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  • Amber 92%
  • Myanmar 26%
  • Ferritins 23%
  • dinosaurs 9%
  92 Citations (Scopus)

  536 Downloads (Pure)

• Dating placentalia: Morphological clocks fail to close the molecular-fossil gap

  Puttick, M. N., Thomas, G. H. & Benton, M. J., 14 Apr 2016, In: Evolution. 70, 4, p. 873-886 14 p.

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  • Molecular Clock 100%
  • Fossil 100%
  • Morphology 100%
  • Branches 50%
  • Biologists 50%
  25 Citations (Scopus)

  325 Downloads (Pure)

• Dinosaurs in decline tens of millions of years before their final extinction

  Sakamoto, M., Benton, M. J. & Venditti, C., 3 May 2016, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 113, 18, p. 5036-5040 5 p.

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  • Late Cretaceous 100%
  • Phylogenetics 100%
  • Mass Extinction 100%
  • Catastrophic Event 100%
  • Paleogene 100%
  61 Citations (Scopus)

  1013 Downloads (Pure)

• Dynamics of dental evolution in ornithopod dinosaurs

  Strickson, E., Prieto-Márquez, A., Benton, M. J. & Stubbs, T. L., 14 Jul 2016, In: Scientific Reports. 6, 28904.

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  • Late Cretaceous 100%
  • Terrestrial Ecosystem 100%
  • Late Jurassic 100%
  • Coevolution 100%
  • Dynamics 100%
  20 Citations (Scopus)

  362 Downloads (Pure)

• Mummified precocial bird wings in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

  Xing, L., McKellar, R. C., Wang, M., Bai, M., O'Connor, J. K., Benton, M. J., Zhang, J., Wang, Y., Tseng, K., Lockley, M. G., Li, G., Zhang, W. & Xu, X., 28 Jun 2016, In: Nature Communications. 7, 7 p., 12089.

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  • Plumage 100%
  • Immatures 25%
  • Skeleton 25%
  • Follicle 25%
  • Compression Fossil 25%
  68 Citations (Scopus)

  451 Downloads (Pure)
• 2015

  The Chinese Pompeii? Death and destruction of dinosaurs in the Early Cretaceous of Lujiatun, NE China

  Rogers, C. S., Hone, D. W. E., McNamara, M. E., Zhao, Q., Orr, P. J., Kearns, S. L. & Benton, M. J., 1 Jun 2015, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 427, p. 89-99 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  • Early Cretaceous 100%
  • China 100%
  • Fossil 100%
  • Volcaniclastic 25%
  • Lower Cretaceous 12%
  14 Citations (Scopus)
• 2014

  A Jurassic ornithischian dinosaur from Siberia with both feathers and scales

  Godefroit, P., Sinitsa, S. M., Dhouailly, D., Bolotsky, Y. L., Sizov, A. V., McNamara, M. E., Benton, M. J. & Spagna, P., 25 Jul 2014, In: Science. 345, 6195, p. 451-455 5 p.

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  • Siberia 100%
  • Cladistics 100%
  • Middle Jurassic 50%
  • Early Cretaceous 50%
  • China 50%
  102 Citations (Scopus)

  713 Downloads (Pure)

• Evolution. How birds became birds

  Benton, M. J., 1 Aug 2014, In: Science. 345, 6196, p. 508-9 2 p.

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  6 Citations (Scopus)

• HIGH RATES OF EVOLUTION PRECEDED THE ORIGIN OF BIRDS

  Puttick, M. N., Thomas, G. H. & Benton, M. J., 28 Jan 2014, In: Evolution.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  • Aves 100%
  • Body Size 100%
  • Forelimb 85%
  • Cladistics 57%
  • Evolution 28%
  63 Citations (Scopus)

• Juvenile-only clusters and behaviour of the early Cretaceous Dinosaur Psittacosaurus

  Zhao, Q., Benton, M. J., Xu, X. & Sander, P. M., 1 Jan 2014, In: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 59, 4, p. 827-833 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  • Early Cretaceous 100%
  • Pyroclastic Flow 50%
  • China 50%
  25 Citations (Scopus)
• 2013

  Histology and postural change during the growth of the ceratopsian dinosaur Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis

  Zhao, Q., Benton, M. J., Sullivan, C., Martin Sander, P. & Xu, X., 28 Jun 2013, In: Nature Communications. 4, p. 2079

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  • Hindlimb 100%
  • Forelimb 66%
  • Limb 33%
  • Body Position 33%
  • Ontogeny 33%
  59 Citations (Scopus)

• Primary feather lengths may not be important for inferring the flight styles of Mesozoic birds

  Chan, N. R., Dyke, G. J. & Benton, M. J., Apr 2013, In: Lethaia. 46, 2, p. 146-153 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  • Flight 100%
  • Feather 100%
  • Cladistics 22%
  • Extant Taxon 22%
  • Morphospace 22%
  7 Citations (Scopus)
• 2012

  The original colours of fossil beetles

  McNamara, M. E., Briggs, D. E. G., Orr, P. J., Noh, H. & Cao, H., 2012, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. p. 1114-1121

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  • Fossil 100%
  • Cuticle 100%
  • Refractivity 14%
  56 Citations (Scopus)