High lift function of the pteroid bone and forewing of pterosaurs

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1582, 2006, Pages 119-126

  Wilkinson, Matthew T ^a   Unwin, David M ^b   Ellington, Charles P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Functional morphology; Propatagium; Pteroid; Pterosaur flight

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BONE; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MESOZOIC; OSTEOLOGY; REPTILE;

ARTICLE; BONE; DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORELIMB; FOSSIL ANIMAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REPTILE; ANIMAL; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; FLYING; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; PHYSIOLOGY;

REPTILIA;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; FORELIMB; FOSSILS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPTILES;

EID: 33645294673     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3278     Document Type: Article

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