Were pterosaur ancestors bipedal or quadrupedal?: Morphometric, functional, and phylogenetic considerations

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

Volumn , Issue 28, 2008, Pages 21-33

  Padian, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Functional morphology; Locomotion; Morphometries; Phylogeny; Pterosauria

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PHYLOGENY; REPTILE;

ARCHOSAUROMORPHA; AVES; DINOSAURIA; DINOSAUROMORPHA; PTERODACTYLOIDEA; PTEROSAURIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 61849132863     PISSN: 16124138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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