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Is Oculudentavis a Bird Or Even Archosaur? bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.16.993949; this version posted June 8, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. 1 Is Oculudentavis a bird or even archosaur? 2 3 Zhiheng Li1, Wei Wang2, Han Hu3, Min Wang1,*, Hongyu Yi1,*, Jing Lu1,* 4 5 1 Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of 6 Sciences, Beijing, China. 7 2 Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. 8 3 University of New England, Armidale, Australia 9 10 Abstract 11 Recent finding of a fossil – Oculudentavis khaungraae Xing et al. 2020, entombed in 12 a Late Cretaceous amber – was claimed to represent a humming bird-sized dinosaur1. 13 Regardless of the intriguing evolutionary hypotheses about the bauplan of Mesozoic 14 dinosaurs (including birds) posited therein, this enigmatic animal demonstrates various 15 morphologies resembling lizards. If Oculudentavis was a bird, it challenges several 16 fundamental morphological differences between Lepidosauria and Archosauria. Here we 17 reanalyze the original computed tomography scan data of Oculudentavis. Morphological 18 evidences demonstrated here highly contradict the avian or even archosaurian 19 phylogenetic placement of Oculudentavis. In contrast, our analysis revealed multiple 20 synapomorphies of the Squamata in this taxon, including pleurodont marginal teeth and 21 an open infratemporal fenestra, which suggests a squamate rather than avian or 22 dinosaurian affinity of Oculudentavis. 23 bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.16.993949; this version posted June 8, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. 24 Instead of demonstrating synapomorphies of the Aves, Oculudentavis show multiple 25 characters that have never been found in any previously known birds or non-avian 26 dinosaurs. One of the most bizarre characters is the absence of an antorbital fenestra (Fig. 27 1a, b). Xing et al.1 argued the antorbital fenestra fused with the orbit, but they reported the 28 lacrimal is present at the anterior margin of the orbit1. This contradicts the definition of 29 the lacrimal in all archosaur including birds since lacrimal always forms the caudal 30 margin of the antorbital fenestra2. In addition, closure of the antorbital fenestra is rare in 31 archosaurs3-5, and most birds and all the known Cretaceous birds do have a separate 32 antorbital fenestra6. 33 Another highly questionable feature in Oculudentavis is the maxilla extending 34 caudally to the level of mid-orbit and forming half of the ventral margin of the orbit (Fig. 35 1b), which is extremely unusual in Aves. In most crown birds, the maxilla terminates 36 anterior to the orbit. The ventral margin of the orbit is formed by the jugal2,7. This is also 37 the condition among Mesozoic birds, including Archaeopteryx8,9, Sapeornis10, 38 enantiornithines6 and ornithuromorphs6. In Ichthyornis, maxilla is elongate and extends 39 further caudally beneath the jugal11 which means the ventral margin of the orbit is still 40 mostly composed by the jugal, different from Oculudentavis. In addition, we need to note 41 that the skull of Jeholornis was incorrectly reconstructed with a maxilla extending most 42 of the orbit, followed by a shortened jugal1, which present a mislead similarity between 43 the skull of Oculudentavis and Jeholornis. However, the maxilla of Jeholornis is short 44 and most of the ventral margin of the orbit is formed by the elongate jugal followed by 45 the quadratojugal6, in stark contrast with Oculudentavis. 46 In Oculudentavis, the maxillary tooth row extends caudally to the rostral half of the bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.16.993949; this version posted June 8, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. 47 orbital. Among most Mesozoic birds, maxillary tooth row ends well cranially to the 48 cranial margin of the orbit6. In contrast, at least four teeth are located beneath the ventral 49 margin of the orbital, and the last one even ends below the rostral third point of the orbit 50 in Oculudentavis. 51 Although Xing et al. mentioned that the scleral ring and dentition of Oculudentavis 52 resemble lizards1, they failed to recognize that pleurodont dentition is diagnostic for 53 squamates12. The maxillary and dentary teeth are ankylosed to the jaw with their labial 54 side (Fig. 1e), and replacement teeth develop posterolingual to the functional teeth. The 55 authors also stated that the tooth implantation appears to be acrodont to pleurodont. 56 However, there is no evidence for acrodonty based on our reexamination of the original 57 CT scan data. 58 In comparison, dinosaurs have thecodont teeth that develop in tooth sockets, with 59 replacement teeth developing beneath the functional teeth. Although the Late Cretaceous 60 ornithuromorph bird Hesperornis retain teeth in a groove (tooth sockets fused together)13, 61 it is clearly distinguishable from the pleurodont dentition in Oculudentavis. Non- 62 archosaurian dentition of Oculudentavis has also been interpreted as the result of 63 miniaturization1. To our best knowledge, there is no concrete evidence suggesting such a 64 drastically change of dentition in miniaturized archosaurs. Pleurodont dentition falsifies 65 the dinosaurian or even archosaurian affinity of Oculudentavis — instead it supports the 66 squamate affinity of this new species. 67 Another unambiguous squamate synapomorphy in Oculudentavis is the loss of the 68 lower temporal bar. In the original publication1, a complete orbit was illustrated on the 69 left side of the skull with an unnamed piece of bone between the jugal and bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.16.993949; this version posted June 8, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. 70 postorbitofrontal1. In addition, the anterior margin of the quadrate articulates with an 71 unlabeled bone. The misleading illustration suggests that the quadratojugal might be 72 present in Oculudentavis. On the basis of the original CT scan data, we demonstrate that 73 the orbit on the left side of the skull is crushed. The left jugal is not preserved. The right 74 side of the skull preserves a complete orbital region, which shows the jugal has a smooth 75 posterior margin, lacking contact with the quadrate. The quadratojugal is absent (Fig. 1a 76 and b), which means the infratemporal fenestra is open in Oculudentavis – a condition 77 shared with all squamates but not dinosaurs or birds12,14. 78 Additional morphologies of Oculudentavis that contradict its avian affinity include 79 the presence of the parietal foramen (Fig. 1i), the separate ventral down growths of 80 frontal (Fig.1j), as well as palatal teeth present on palatine and pterygoid (Figs. 1d, k, and 81 l) 82 Oculudentavis means “eye-tooth bird”, yet neither the eyes (scleral ring) nor the teeth 83 suggest this new species was a bird. Xing et al1 assigned this enigmatic animal to Aves 84 based on superficial appearances, such as the exterior contour of the dome-shaped 85 cranium and slender rostrum1. However, all the extended discussions, including the 86 morphological changes related to miniaturization and the ocular morphology, lost their 87 foundation with a problematic phylogenetic placement of this animal. In addition, 88 multiple unambiguous characters support the squamate affinity of Oculudentavis, 89 including the loss of quadratojugal, pleurodont marginal teeth, and presence of palatal 90 teeth (Figs. 1 and 2). The original phylogenetic analysis by Xing et al. suffers from biased 91 sampling of taxa1. Our new morphological discoveries suggest that lepidosaurs should be 92 included in the phylogenetic analysis of Oculudentavis. bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.16.993949; this version posted June 8, 2020. 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