Distorted Microraptor specimen is not ideal for understanding the origin of avian flight

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

Volumn 107, Issue 40, 2010, Pages

  Brougham, Jason ^a   Brusatte, Stephen L ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIOMECHANICS; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; FLIGHT; FOSSIL; FOWL; HINDLIMB; LETTER; MICRORAPTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIRDS; DINOSAURS; EVOLUTION; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; FOSSILS; MODELS, ANATOMIC;

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EID: 78049303020     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1004977107     Document Type: Letter

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