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List of works by Xiao-Ting Zheng

A bizarre Jurassic maniraptoran theropod with preserved evidence of membranous wings

scientific article

A new Jehol enantiornithine bird with three-dimensional preservation and ovarian follicles

A new arboreal haramiyid shows the diversity of crown mammals in the Jurassic period

scientific article (publication date: 7 August 2013)

A new feather type in a nonavian theropod and the early evolution of feathers

scientific article

A new symmetrodont mammal (Trechnotheria: Zhangheotheriidae) from the Early Cretaceous of China and trechnotherian character evolution

scientific article

A previously undescribed specimen reveals new information on the dentition of Sapeornis chaoyangensis

scientific article published in 2017

A short-armed dromaeosaurid from the Jehol Group of China with implications for early dromaeosaurid evolution

scientific article

An Early Cretaceous eutherian and the placental–marsupial dichotomy

scientific article published in Nature

An Enantiornithine with a Fan-Shaped Tail, and the Evolution of the Rectricial Complex in Early Birds

scientific article

Archaeorhynchus preserving significant soft tissue including probable fossilized lungs

article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Basal paravian functional anatomy illuminated by high-detail body outline

scientific article

Blood-feeding true bugs in the Early Cretaceous

scientific article

Comment on “Narrow Primary Feather Rachises in Confuciusornis and Archaeopteryx Suggest Poor Flight Ability”

scientific article published on October 15, 2010

Dental and Mandibular Morphologies of Arboroharamiya (Haramiyida, Mammalia): A Comparison with Other Haramiyidans and Megaconus and Implications for Mammalian Evolution

scientific article

Ear ossicle morphology of the Jurassic euharamiyidan Arboroharamiya and evolution of mammalian middle ear.

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Exceptional dinosaur fossils reveal early origin of avian-style digestion

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Exceptional dinosaur fossils show ontogenetic development of early feathers

scientific article

Exceptional preservation of soft tissue in a new specimen of Eoconfuciusornis and its biological implications

Extreme adaptations for aquatic ectoparasitism in a Jurassic fly larva

scientific article published in 2014

Female-biased froghoppers (Hemiptera, Cercopoidea) from the Mesozoic of China and phylogenetic reconstruction of early Cercopoidea

article

First report of gastroliths in the Early Cretaceous basal bird Jeholornis

scientific article published in 2018

Fossil evidence of avian crops from the Early Cretaceous of China

scientific article (publication date: 20 September 2011)

High niche diversity in Mesozoic pollinating lacewings

scientific article published in Nature Communications

High variability in tegminal venation of primitive cercopoids (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha), as implied by the new discovery of fossils from the Middle Jurassic of China

article

Hind Wings in Basal Birds and the Evolution of Leg Feathers

scientific article published on March 15, 2013

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

scientific article published on January 1, 2012

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

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

scientific article

New Jurassic Sinopalaeocossus and related genera with notes on their evolutionary implications (Hemiptera, Palaeontinidae)

article

New Jurassic tettigarctid cicadas from China with a novel example of disruptive coloration

article

New specimens of Yanornis indicate a piscivorous diet and modern alimentary canal

scientific article published in 2014

On the absence of sternal elements in Anchiornis (Paraves) and Sapeornis (Aves) and the complex early evolution of the avian sternum

scientific article

Preservation of ovarian follicles reveals early evolution of avian reproductive behaviour

scientific article (publication date: 17 March 2013)

Reinterpretation of a previously described Jehol bird clarifies early trophic evolution in the Ornithuromorpha

scientific article published in January 2018

Reply to Foth: Preserved cartilage is rare but not absent: troodontid sternal plates are absent, not rare

scientific article

The oldest record of ornithuromorpha from the early cretaceous of China

scientific article

Unique caudal plumage of Jeholornis and complex tail evolution in early birds

scientific article (publication date: 22 October 2013)

Xu et al. reply

scientific article published in Nature

Zheng et al. reply

scientific article published in July 2013