Response to: Phylogenetic placement, developmental trajectories and evolutionary implications of a feathered dinosaur tail in Mid-Cretaceous amber.
In his correspondence, Markus Lambertz [1] raises some concerns about the phylogenetic placement and feather development of DIP-V-15103, the amber-entombed tail section that we recently reported [2] as fragmentary remains of a non-pygostylian coelurosaur (likely within the basal part of Coelurosauria). We here would like to respond to these concerns.
State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China; School of the Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, China. Electronic address: xinglida@gmail.com.
Lida
L
Xing
Royal Saskatchewan Museum, Regina, Saskatchewan, S4P 4W7, Canada; Biology Department, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, S4S 0A2, Canada. Electronic address: ryan.mckellar@gov.sk.ca.
Ryan C
RC
McKellar
Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China.
Xing
X
Xu
Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, China.
Gang
G
Li
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Ming
M
Bai
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E9, Canada.
W Scott
WS
Persons
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E9, Canada.
Tetsuto
T
Miyashita
School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, UK.
Michael J
MJ
Benton
School of the Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, China.
Jianping
J
Zhang
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E9, Canada.
Alexander P
AP
Wolfe
Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, China.
Qiru
Q
Yi
Department of Exercise and Health Science, University of Taipei, Taipei 11153, China; Department of Geology, Chinese Culture University, Taipei 11114, China.
Kuowei
K
Tseng
Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection, Ministry of Education, Guilin 541004, China.
Hao
H
Ran
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E9, Canada.
Philip J
PJ
Currie
D018647:Amber; D000818:Animals; D025061:Dinosaurs / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005241:Feathers; D005580:Fossils; D010802:Phylogeny
D018647:Amber