Wing bone geometry reveals active flight in Archaeopteryx

Archaeopteryx is an iconic fossil taxon with feathered wings from the Late Jurassic of Germany that occupies a crucial position for understanding the early evolution of avian flight. After over 150 years of study, its mosaic anatomy unifying characters of both non-flying dinosaurs and flying birds h...

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Published in:Nat Commun
Main Authors: Voeten, Dennis F. A. E., Cubo, Jorge, de Margerie, Emmanuel, Röper, Martin, Beyrand, Vincent, Bureš, Stanislav, Tafforeau, Paul, Sanchez, Sophie
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5849612/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29535376
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03296-8
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