Glorified Dinosaurs: The Origin and Early Evolution of Birds

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The biophysics of bird flight: functional relationships integrate aerodynamics, morphology, kinematics, muscles and sensors (2015, background): “Flight evolved in the ancestor to modern birds during the Mesozoic period (Chiappe 2007) and has allowed this lineage to diversify and occupy habitats throughout the world.”
A New Enantiornithine from the Yixian Formation with the First Recognized Avian Enamel Specialization (2013, background): “Approximately half of all enantiornithines are known from the Jehol Group, and nearly every species is represented by a partial to nearly complete articulated skeleton, often preserving integument (Zhou and Zhang, 2006a; Chiappe, 2007).”
Phylogenetic Support for a Specialized Clade of Cretaceous Enantiornithine Birds with Information from a New Species (2009, background): “This supports the hypothesis that enantiornithines possessed sophisticated aerodynamic abilities, which likely facilitated their rapid diversification within the Cretaceous (Chiappe, 2007).”