The asymmetry of the carpal joint and the evolution of wing folding in maniraptoran theropod dinosaurs

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1690, 2010, Pages 2027-2033

  Sullivan, Corwin ^a   Hone, David W E ^a   Xu, Xing ^a   Zhang, Fucheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aves; Carpus; Feathers; Maniraptora; Radiale; Theropoda

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CLADISTICS; DINOSAUR; FEATHER; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; WING MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 77955356615     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.2281     Document Type: Article

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