John Alan Feduccia (born April 25, 1943) is a paleornithologist specializing in the origins and phylogeny of birds. He is S. K. Heninger Distinguished...
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origin of birds, espoused by a few scientists, notably Larry Martin and Alan Feduccia, states that birds (including maniraptoran "dinosaurs") evolved from...
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as a senior synonym of Epidendrosaurus by some scientists, such as Alan Feduccia, and as a junior synonym by others such as Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. and...
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with maniraptoran coelurosaurs. A minority of scientists, most notably Alan Feduccia and Larry Martin, have proposed other evolutionary paths, including...
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how feathers evolved, interviewing ornithologists Richard Prum and Alan Feduccia, as well as paleontologist Xing Xu. In "Fluff", Hanson discusses how...
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Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology (62): 30–31. Retrieved 30 April 2012. The Origin and Evolution of Birds by Alan Feduccia, ISBN 978-0300078619...
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specimen in 1978 by Storrs Olson and Alan Feduccia resulted in the removal of Eonessa from Anatidae. Olson and Feduccia placed the genus as Aves incertae...
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named and described by Hou Lianhu, Larry Martin, Zhou Zhonghe and John Alan Feduccia. The generic name combines a Greek ἠώς, èos, "dawn" with Enantiornis...
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synonyms of Microraptor zhaoianus. Many other researchers, including Alan Feduccia and Tom Holtz, have since supported its synonymy. M. gui has been accepted...
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the acronym BAND (Birds Are Not Dinosaurs), including ornithologists Alan Feduccia and Larry Martin, continues to assert that birds are more closely related...
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