A new model for the evolution of the pterosaur wing - With a twist

Historical Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 277-301

  Peters, David ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Evolution; Flight; Prolacertiformes; Pterosauria; Wing

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; WING MORPHOLOGY;

DINOSAURIA; PTEROSAURIA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035785895     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08912960127805     Document Type: Article

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