Powered flight in hatchling pterosaurs: evidence from wing form and bone strength

Abstract Competing views exist on the behaviour and lifestyle of pterosaurs during the earliest phases of life. A ‘flap-early’ model proposes that hatchlings were capable of independent life and flapping flight, a ‘fly-late’ model posits that juveniles were not flight capable until 50% of adult size...

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Main Authors: Darren Naish, Mark P. Witton, Elizabeth Martin-Silverstone
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/e60b9478311a42179438207e6c37509e
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