Model tests of gliding with different hindwing configurations in the four-winged dromaeosaurid Microraptor gui

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

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2972-2976

  Alexander, David E ^a   Gong, Enpu ^b   Martin, Larry D ^a   Burnham, David A ^a   Falk, Amanda R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Bird flight evolution; Feathered dinosaurs; Model tests; Tetrapteryx

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DINOSAUR; FLYING; FORELIMB; FOSSIL; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MICRORAPTOR GUI; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DINOSAURS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; FOSSILS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; WING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DINOSAURIA; DROMAEOSAURIDAE; GRUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77649255419     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0911852107     Document Type: Article

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