Pterosaur flight: The role of actinofibrils in wing function

Historical Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 255-284

  Bennett, S Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT   (United States)

Author keywords

Flight; Functional morphology; Pterosaur; Wings

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; WING MORPHOLOGY;

PTEROSAURIA;

EID: 0034442822     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10292380009380572     Document Type: Article

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