Shake a tail feather: the evolution of the theropod tail into a stiff aerodynamic surface.

Theropod dinosaurs show striking morphological and functional tail variation; e.g., a long, robust, basal theropod tail used for counterbalance, or a short, modern avian tail used as an aerodynamic surface. We used a quantitative morphological and functional analysis to reconstruct intervertebral jo...

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Auteurs principaux: Michael Pittman, Stephen M Gatesy, Paul Upchurch, Anjali Goswami, John R Hutchinson
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Langue:EN
Publié: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/d05b5c3b0e994c969da6edabd1373c5a
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