The arboreal leaping theory of the origin of pterosaur flight

Historical Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 265-290

  Bennett, S Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Flight; Functional morphology; Pterosaur

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FLIGHT; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; PTEROSAUR;

EID: 0031467935     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08912969709386566     Document Type: Article

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