Biplane wing planform and flight performance of the feathered dinosaur Microraptor gui

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1576-1580

  Chatterjee, Sankar ^a   Templin, R Jack ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arboreal origin of flight; Chinese feathered dinosaurs; Phugoid gliding; Wright 1903 Flyer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DINOSAUR; FEATHER; FLIGHT; FORELIMB; LEG; MICRORAPTOR GUI; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DINOSAURS; EVOLUTION; FEATHERS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; FOSSILS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REPTILES; WING;

AVES; DINOSAURIA; GRUS; RAPTORES; THEROPODA;

EID: 33846807728     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0609975104     Document Type: Article

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