A reappraisal of azhdarchid pterosaur functional morpholgy and paleoecology

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Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Witton, Mark P ^a   Naish, Darren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; CRETACEOUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FORELIMB; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; JAW MOVEMENT; NONHUMAN; PALEOECOLOGY; PHALANX; PREDATOR; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; SCAVENGER (ORGANISM); SKULL; SWIMMING; TAPHONOMY; TISSUE PRESERVATION; VERTEBRATE; WADER; ANIMAL; DINOSAUR; ECOLOGY; FOSSIL; PALEONTOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; AZHDARCHIDAE; SCOLOPACIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; DINOSAURS; ECOLOGY; FOSSILS; PALEONTOLOGY;

EID: 48249144765     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002271     Document Type: Article

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