Aerodynamic characters of the cranial crest in Pteranodon

Zitteliana Reihe B: Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung fur Palaontologie und Geologie

Volumn , Issue 28, 2008, Pages 167-174

  Elgin, Ross A ^a   Grau, Carlos A ^b   Palmer, Colin ^b   Hone, David W E ^c   Greenwell, Douglas ^d   Benton, Michael J ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Paleoanthropology   (China)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Biomechanics; Cretaceous; Flight; Pterosaurs

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BIOMECHANICS; CRANIUM; CRETACEOUS; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; REPTILE; WIND TUNNEL;

PTERANODON;

EID: 61849087928     PISSN: 16124138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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