Palaeovertebrata Sinica, Volume 2: Amphibians, Reptilians, and Avians, Fascicle 9 (Serial no. 13): Avians [Chinese]

This volume of Palaeovertebrata Sinica is a systematic determination and summary of bird fossil material discovered and published in China before July 2018, including an introduction to birds and systematic descriptions of Mesozoic and Cenozoic birds. The introduction includes the definition, phylogeny and classification of birds, the characteristics of bird bones, the history and geographical distribution of bird fossils in China, and the research history of Chinese bird fossils. The systematic description presents Mesozoic and Cenozoic birds as two separate parts. The section on Mesozoic birds introduces the achievements of recent cladistic research on Mesozoic birds, especially some higher-order taxa; There are 92 species of 83 genera of birds. For Cenozoic birds, 28 genera and 32 species are described, for a total of 111 genera and 124 species are described. Each type species is accompanied by pictures and a summary review of some controversial higher-order taxa.

Summary in Chinese:
Palaeovertebrata Sinica, Volume 2: Amphibians, Reptilians, and Avians, Fascicle 9 (Serial no. 13): Avians本册志书是对2018年7月之前在中国发现并已发表的鸟类化石材料的系统厘定和总结，内容包括鸟类导言、中生代鸟类和新生代鸟类系统记述。导言包括鸟类的定义、系统发育及分类，鸟类骨骼特征及鸟类化石在中国的地史及地理分布，中国鸟类化石的研究历史等。系统记述将中生代鸟类和新生代鸟类作为两个独立的部分进行了介绍。中生代鸟类部分对近期有关中生代鸟类，特别是一些高阶分类单元的分支系统学研究的成果做了介绍；记述了包括热河鸟目、会鸟目、孔子鸟目、反鸟类和今鸟型类的83属92种。新生代鸟类部分记述28属32种。共计111属124种。每个模式种均附有图片，对一些存有争议的高阶分类单元进行了概要评述。志书还提供了较完整的*新参考文献。