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 |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013
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