On the origins of birds: The sequence of character acquisition in the evolution of avian flight

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1425, 1999, Pages 1259-1266

  Garner, Joseph P ^a,b   Taylor, Graham K ^a   Thomas, Adrian L R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arboreal; Archaeopteryx; Cursorial; Dinosaur; Flight; Pouncing proavis

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; EVOLUTION; FLIGHT ACTIVITY;

ARTICLE; BIRD; EVOLUTION; FLIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY;

ARCHAEOPTERYX; AVES; DINOSAURIA;

EID: 0033594873     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0772     Document Type: Article

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