一、团队学术带头人简介
王孝理、教授、博士生导师，鸟类起源团队负责人。中国古生物学会理事，中国古脊椎动物学会理事，山东省化石保护专家委员会副主任。长期从事古生物与地层学研究，特别是带羽毛恐龙演化和鸟类起源等相关研究。先后主持和参与国家自然科学基金委基础中心项目、国家自然科学基金项目、山东省自然科学基金项目等研究课题，在Nature、Science、PNAS等期刊上发表学术论文60篇。研究成果获山东省高校优秀成果奖2项。
二、团队骨干成员
郑晓廷，教授，山东省天宇自然博物馆馆长，国家五四奖章获得者。长期从事鸟类起源和恐龙演化等等相关研究。先后主持和参与国家自然科学基金委基础中心项目、国家自然科学基金项目等研究课题，在Nature、Science、PNAS等期刊上发表学术论文40多篇。获国家科技进步三等奖（首位）、山东省科技进步一等奖（首位）等多项奖励。
魏广金博士，毕业于首都师范大学。从事中生代昆虫分类、形态学和解剖学等相关方面的研究。在Science、Nature Communications、Scientific Reports等期刊发表学术论文13篇。
三、科研方向介绍
⑴原始鸟类形态演化
针对恐龙-鸟类转化期间，器官形态结构的演化问题，采用形态学、解剖学、发育学等技术方法，对中生代晚侏罗-早白垩世期间的手盗龙类恐龙和原始鸟类的器官结构变化和差异进行研究。在胸骨、嗉囊、羽翼等方面有重要发现，有10多项研究成果发表在Nature、Science、PNAS等国家学术期刊上，有3项成果被国际古生物学教科书《Vertebrate Palaeontology》采用和评述。
（2）手盗龙类恐龙的食性、飞行能力
针对手盗龙类羽毛，前肢形态结构演化的问题，飞行能力的问题。采用多种形态观测技术方法，CT、LSF、扫描电镜等仪器和骨组织学、发育学等方法对副鸟类恐龙开展系统性的研究。在羽毛形态结构演化，前肢羽翼演化等方面取得重要进展。有多项研究成果发表在国际高水平期刊杂志上，先后承担多项纵向横向科研课题。
⑵古生物化石鉴定
研究团队开展古生物化石鉴定工作，先后承担了山东省古生物化石普查项目的古生物化石鉴定等项目。
四、科研课题与项目
国家自然科学基金委基础中心项目“克拉通破坏与陆地生物演化”的子课题
国家自然科学基金面上项目：早白垩世热河生物群鸟类化石综合研究
国家自然科学基金面上项目：下白垩统热河群鸟类化石形态和分类学研究
国家自然科学基金面上项目：早白垩世热河生物群手盗龙类和原始鸟类的飞羽形态研究
泰山学者工程项目：恐龙-鸟类转化中的器官形态演化研究
五、学术论文
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2. Xiaoli Wang, Jingmai O'Connor, John Maina, Yanhong Pan, Min Wang, Yan Wang, Xiaoting Zheng, Zhonghe Zhou: Archaeorhynchus preserving significant soft tissue including probable fossilized lungs PNAS 115(45), 11555-11560.
3. Xiaoting Zheng, Xiaoli Wang, Corwin Sullivan, Xiaomei Zhang, Fucheng Zhang, Yan Wang, Feng Li, Xing Xu: Exceptional dinosaur fossils reveal early origin of avian-style digestion. Scientific Reports , DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-32202-x
4. Mao Fangyuan, Zheng Xiaoting, Wang Xiaoli, Wang Yuanqing, Bi Shundong, Meng Jin: Evidence of diphyodonty and heterochrony for dental development in euharamiyidan mammals from Jurassic Yanliao Biota.古脊椎动物学报https://doi.org/10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.180803.
5. Jun Chen, Jacek Szwedo, Bo Wang, Yan Zheng, Yan Wang, Xiaoli Wang, Haichun Zhang: The first Mesozoic froghopper in amber from northern Myanmar (Hemiptera, Cercopoidea, Sinoalidae). Cretaceous Research 05/2018; 85:243-249., DOI:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.10.029
6. Shundong Bi, Xiaoting Zheng, Xiaoli Wang, Natalie E. Cignetti, Shiling Yang, John R. Wible An Early Cretaceous eutherian and the placental–marsupial dichotomy Nature, 2018,558(7709): 390-395.
7. Lida Xing, Martin G. Lockley, Ying Guo, Hendrik Klein, Junqiang Zhang, Li Zhang, W. Scott Persons, Anthony Romilio, Yonggang Tang, Xiaoli Wang: Multiple parallel deinonychosaurian trackways from a diverse dinosaur track assemblage of the Lower Cretaceous Dasheng Group of Shandong Province, China. Cretaceous Research 04/2018; 90., DOI:10.1016/j.cretres.2018.04.005
8. Zheng Xiaoting, O'Connor Jingmai, Wang Xiaoli, Wang Yan, Zhou Zhonghe. Reinterpretation of a previously described Jehol bird clarifies early trophic evolution in the Ornithuromorpha. Proc Biol Sci, 2018, 285(1871):20172494.
9. Xiaoting Zheng, Jingmai K. O'Connor, Xiaoli Wang, Yan Wang, Zhonghe Zhou: Reinterpretation of a previously described Jehol bird clarifies early trophic evolution in the Ornithuromorpha. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 01/2018; 285(1871):20172494., DOI:10.1098/rspb.2017.2494
10. Lida Xing, Martin G. Lockley, Anthony Romilio, Hendrik Klein, Junqiang Zhang, Haiying Chen, Jiajie Zhang, Michael E. Burns, Xiaoli Wang: Diverse sauropod-theropod-dominated track assemblage from the Lower Cretaceous Dasheng Group of Eastern China: Testing the use of drones in footprint documentation. Cretaceous Research 12/2017; 84., DOI:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.12.012
11. Jingmai O'Connor, Xiaoli Wang, Corwin Sullivan, Yan Wang, Xiaoting Zheng, Han Hu, Xiaomei Zhang, Zhonghe Zhou: First report of gastroliths in the Early Cretaceous basal bird Jeholornis. Cretaceous Research 11/2017; 84., DOI:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.10.031
12. J. Chen, Y. Zheng, G. Wei, X. Wang: New data on Jurassic Sinoalidae from northeastern China (Insecta, Hemiptera). Journal of Paleontology 09/2017; 91(5):994-1000., DOI:10.1017/jpa.2017.27
13. Lida Xing, Martin G. Lockley, Junqiang Zhang, Anthony Romilio, Hendrik Klein, Yan Wang, Yonggang Tang, Michael E. Burns, Xiaoli Wang: A diversified vertebrate ichnite fauna from the Dasheng Group (Lower Cretaceous) of southeast Shandong Province, China. Historical Biology 08/2017;, DOI:10.1080/08912963.2017.1370588
14. Yunqi Zhang, Yi Long, Bao Li, Shujian Xu, Xiaoli Wang, Jia Liao: Use of reservoir deposits to reconstruct the recent changes in sediment yields from a small granite catchment in the Yimeng Mountain region, China. Geomorphology 05/2017; 293., DOI:10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.05.017
15. Xiaoli Wang, Michael Pittman, Xiaoting Zheng, Thomas G. Kaye, Amanda R. Falk, Scott A. Hartman: Basal paravian functional anatomy illuminated by high-detail body outline. Nature Communications 03/2017; 8:14576., DOI:10.1038/ncomms14576
16. Xiaoting Zheng, Jingmai K O 'connor, Xiaoli Wang, Yanhong Pan, Yan Wang, Min Wang, Zhonghe Zhou: Exceptional preservation of soft tissue in a new specimen of Eoconfuciusornis and its biological implications. National Science Review , 2017 , 4 (3) :441-452
17. Xiaoli Wang, Shunxing Jiang, Junqiang Zhang, Xin Cheng, Xuefeng Yu, Yameng Li, Guangjin Wei, Xiaolin Wang: New evidence from China for the nature of the pterosaur evolutionary transition. Scientific Reports 02/2017; 7:42763., DOI:10.1038/srep42763
18. Jingmai K. O’CONNOR, ZHENG Xiao-Ting, HU Han, WANG Xiao-Li, ZHOU Zhong-He: The morphology of Chiappeavis magnapremaxillo (Pengornithidae: Enantiornithes) and a comparison of aerodynamic function in Early Cretaceous avian tail fans. , Vertebrata Palasiatica, 2017
19. Yan Wang, Han Hu, Jingmai K. O'Connor, Min Wang, Xing Xu, Zhonghe Zhou, Xiaoli Wang, Xiaoting Zheng: A previously undescribed specimen reveals new information on the dentition of Sapeornis chaoyangensis. Cretaceous Research 12/2016; 74., DOI:10.1016/j.cretres.2016.12.012
20. Jun Chen, Haichun Zhang, Bo Wang, Yan Zheng, Xiaoli Wang, Xiaoting Zheng: New Jurassic Tettigarctid Cicadas from China with a Novel Example of Disruptive Coloration. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 12/2016; 61(4)., DOI:10.4202/app.00238.2015
21. Yanhong Pan, Wenxia Zheng, Alison E. Moyer, Jingmai K. O’Connor, Min Wang, Xiaoting Zheng, Xiaoli Wang, Elena R. Schroeter, Zhonghe Zhou, Mary H. Schweitzer: Molecular evidence of keratin and melanosomes in feathers of the Early Cretaceous bird Eoconfuciusornis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 11/2016; 113(49):201617168., DOI:10.1073/pnas.1617168113
22. Yan Zheng, Jun Chen, Xiaoli Wang: A new genus and species of Tettigarctidae from the Mesozoic of northeastern China (Insecta, Hemiptera, Cicadoidea). ZooKeys 11/2016; 632(1):47-55., DOI:10.3897/zookeys.632.10076
23. Jin Meng, Shundong Bi, Xiaoting Zheng, Xiaoli Wang: Ear ossicle morphology of the Jurassic euharamiyidan Arboroharamiya and evolution of mammalian middle ear. Journal of Morphology 05/2016; 279(4)., DOI:10.1002/jmor.20565
24. Shundong Bi, Xiaoting Zheng, Jin Meng, Xiaoli Wang, Nicole Robinson, Brian Davis: A new symmetrodont mammal (Trechnotheria: Zhangheotheriidae) from the Early Cretaceous of China and trechnotherian character evolution. Scientific Reports 05/2016; 6:26668., DOI:10.1038/srep26668
25. Bo Wang, Xiaoting Zheng, Xiaoli Wang, Jun Chen, Haichun Zhang: New Jurassic Sinopalaeocossus and related genera with notes on their evolutionary implications (Hemiptera, Palaeontinidae). Insect systematics & evolution 01/2016; 47(2)., DOI:10.1163/1876312X-47022136
26. Min Wang, Xiaoli Wang, Yan Wang, Zhonghe Zhou: A new basal bird from China with implications for morphological diversity in early birds. Scientific Reports 01/2016; 6:19700., DOI:10.1038/srep19700
27. Yan Wang, Min Wang, Jingmai K. O'Connor, Xiaoli Wang, Xiaoting Zheng, Xiaomei Zhang: A new Jehol enantiornithine bird with three-dimensional preservation and ovarian follicles. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 01/2016; 36(3):e1054496., DOI:10.1080/02724634.2015.1054496
28. 王孝理, 郑晓廷, 徐星 (2016) 我国首次发现具有皮膜翅膀的侏罗纪恐龙. 山东国土资源, 32: 85-86.
29. 张晓梅, 王孝理 (2016) 解开远古之谜——看恐龙如何展翅腾飞. 化石, 2016: 13-19.
30. Jingmai K. O’Connor, Xiaoli Wang, Xiaoting Zheng, Han Hu, Xiaomei Zhang, Zhonghe Zhou: An Enantiornithine with a Fan-Shaped Tail, and the Evolution of the Rectricial Complex in Early Birds. Current biology: CB 12/2015; 26(1)., DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2015.11.036
31. Christian Pott, Xiaoli Wang, Xiaoting Zheng: Wielandiella villosa comb. nov. from the Middle Jurassic of Daohugou, China: More Evidence for Divaricate Plant Architecture in Williamsoniceae. DOI:10.17581/bp.2015.04215
32. Yao Xi, Xiao-Li Wang, Corwin Sullivan, Shuo Wang, Thomas Stidham, Xu Xing, Vertebrata Palasiatica: Caenagnathasia sp. (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria) from the Iren Dabasu Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Campanian) of Erenhot, Nei Mongol, China.
33. Xiaoting Zheng, Shundong Bi, Xiaoli Wang, Jin Meng: Corrigendum：A new arboreal haramiyid shows the diversity of crown mammals in the Jurassic period (vol 500, pg 199, 2013). Nature 07/2015; 523(7560):370-370., DOI:10.1038/nature14511
34. Jingmai K O'Connor, Xiaoting Zheng, Corwin Sullivan, Cheng-Ming Chuong, Xiaoli Wang, Ang Li, Yan Wang, Xiaomei Zhang, Zhonghe Zhou: Evolution and functional significance of derived sternal ossification patterns in ornithothoracine birds. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 06/2015; 28(8)., DOI:10.1111/jeb.12675
35. Min Wang, Xiaoting Zheng, Jingmai K. O'Connor, Graeme T. Lloyd, Xiaoli Wang, Yan Wang, Xiaomei Zhang, Zhonghe Zhou: The oldest record of Ornithuromorpha from the Early Cretaceous of China. Nature Communications 05/2015; 6987., DOI:10.1038/ncomms7987
36. Xing Xu, Xiaoting Zheng, Corwin Sullivan, Xiaoli Wang, Lida Xing, Yan Wang, Xiaomei Zhang, Jingmai K O'Connor, Fucheng Zhang, Yanhong Pan: A bizarre Jurassic maniraptoran theropod with preserved evidence of membranous wings. Nature 04/2015; 521(7550)., DOI:10.1038/nature14423
37. Jingmai K O 'connor, Zheng Xiao-Ting, Wang Xiao-Li, Xiao-Mei Zhang, Zhou Zhong-He, Vertebrata Palasiatica: The gastral basket in basal birds and their close relatives: Size and possible function.
38. Jun Chen, Haichun Zhang, Bo Wang, Xiaoting Zheng, Xiaoli Wang: High variability in tegminal venation of primitive cercopoids (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha), as implied by the new discovery of fossils from the Middle Jurassic of China: Fossil cercopoid in China. Entomological Science 04/2015; 18(2)., DOI:10.1111/ens.12103
39. Jun Chen, Bo Wang, Haichun Zhang, Xiaoli Wang, Xiaoting Zheng: New fossil Procercopidae (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha) from the Middle Jurassic of Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, China. European Journal of Entomology 02/2015; 112(2)., DOI:10.14411/eje.2015.044
40. Jin Meng, Shundong Bi, Yuanqing Wang, Xiaoting Zheng, Xiaoli Wang: Dental and Mandibular Morphologies of Arboroharamiya (Haramiyida, Mammalia): A Comparison with Other Haramiyidans and Megaconus and Implications for Mammalian Evolution. PLoS ONE 12/2014; 9(12):e113847., DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0113847
41. J. Chen, Q. Li, S. Zhang, L. Kong, X. Wang: Protapes Motsei Sp. Nov. (Mollusca, Veneridae) from the South Coast of China an overlooked bivalve species evidenced by iterative taxonomy. Journal of Conchology 12/2014; 41:685-689.
42. Xiaoli Wang, Jingmai K. O'Connor, Xiaoting Zheng, Min Wang, Han Hu, Zhonghe Zhou: Insights into the evolution of rachis dominated tail feathers from a new basal enantiornithine (Aves: Ornithothoraces). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 11/2014; 113(3)., DOI:10.1111/bij.12313
43. Xiaoting Zheng, Jingmai O'Connor, Xiaoli Wang, Min Wang, Xiaomei Zhang, Zhonghe Zhou: On the absence of sternal elements in Anchiornis (Paraves) and Sapeornis (Aves) and the complex early evolution of the avian sternum. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 09/2014; 111(38)., DOI:10.1073/pnas.1411070111
44. Yunqi Zhang, Yi Long, Juan An, Xingxiu Yu, Xiaoli Wang: Spatial patterns of Cs-137 inventories and soil erosion from earth-banked terraces in the Yimeng Mountains, China. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 05/2014; 136C:1-9., DOI:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2014.04.017
45. Xiaoting Zheng, Jingmai K O'Connor, Fritz Huchzermeyer, Xiaoli Wang, Yan Wang, Xiaomei Zhang, Zhonghe Zhou: New Specimens of Yanornis Indicate a Piscivorous Diet and Modern Alimentary Canal. PLoS ONE 04/2014; 9(4):e95036., DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0095036
46. ZHENG Xiao-ting, Jingmai K. O’CONNOR, WANG Xiao-li, ZHANG Xiao-mei, WANG Yan，Vertebrata Palasiatica: New Information on Hongshanornithidae (Aves: Ornithuromorpha) from a new subadult specimen.
47. Jun Chen, Bo Wang, Haichun Zhang, Xiaoli Wang: A remarkable new genus of Tettigarctidae (Insecta, Hemiptera, Cicadoidea) from the Middle Jurassic of northeastern China. Zootaxa 02/2014; 3764(5):581-6., DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.3764.5.6
48. Jingmai K. O’CONNOR, Min Wang, Xiao-Ting Zheng, Xiao-Li Wang, Zhong-He Zhou, VERTEBRATA PALASIATICA: The histology of two female Early Cretaceous birds.
49. Jingmai O'Connor, Xiaoli Wang, Corwin Sullivan, Xiaoting Zheng, Pablo Tubaro, Xiaomei Zhang, Zhonghe Zhou: Unique caudal plumage of Jeholornis and complex tail evolution in early birds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 10/2013; 110(43)., DOI:10.1073/pnas.1316979110
50. Xiaoting Zheng, Shundong Bi, Xiaoli Wang, Jin Meng: Corrigendum: A new arboreal haramiyid shows the diversity of crown mammals in the Jurassic period. Nature 08/2013; 500(7461):199-202., DOI:10.1038/nature12353
51. Xiaoting Zheng, Jingmai O'Connor, Fritz Huchzermeyer, Xiaoli Wang, Yan Wang, Min Wang, Zhonghe Zhou: Preservation of ovarian follicles reveals early evolution of avian reproductive behaviour. Nature 03/2013; 495(7442)., DOI:10.1038/nature11985
52. Xiaoting Zheng, Zhonghe Zhou, Xiaoli Wang, Fucheng Zhang, Xiaomei Zhang, Yan Wang, Guangjin Wei, Shuo Wang, Xing Xu: Hind Wings in Basal Birds and the Evolution of Leg Feathers. Science 03/2013; 339(6125):1309-1312., DOI:10.1126/science.1228753
53. Jingmai K. O'Connor, Xiaoting Zheng, Xiaoli Wang, Yan Wang, Zhonghe Zhou: Ovarian follicles shed new light on dinosaur reproduction during the transition towards birds. National Scinece Review: 01/2013; 1(1):15-17., DOI:10.1093/nsr/nwt012
54. Xiaoting Zheng, Xiaoli Wang, Jingmai O'Connor, Zhonghe Zhou: Insight into the early evolution of the avian sternum from juvenile enantiornithines. Nature Communications 10/2012; 3:1116., DOI:10.1038/ncomms2104