Archaeopteryx - A re-evaluation suggesting an arboreal habitat and an intermediate stage in trees down origin of flight

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 245, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-44

  Burnham, David A ^a,b  

^a Department of Geology ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arboreal; Archaeopteryx; Microraptor; Origin of flight; Paleoecology; Solnhofen

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FOSSIL; HABITAT; INSECT; JURASSIC; LAGERSTATTE; PALEOECOLOGY; REPTILE; TREE; WING;

ARCHAEOPTERYX; AVES; CONIFEROPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 35048869153     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2007/0245-0033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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