Respiratory evolution facilitated the origin of pterosaur flight and aerial gigantism

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Claessens, Leon P A M ^a   O'Connor, Patrick M ^b   Unwin, David M ^c  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAC; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY DENSITY; CINERADIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; CRETACEOUS; EXTANT SPECIES; FLYING; FOSSIL; METABOLIC RATE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALLIGATORINAE; AVES; PTEROSAURIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84883230552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004497     Document Type: Article

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