Reassessment of the wing feathers of Archaeopteryx lithographica suggests no robust evidence for the presence of elongated dorsal wing coverts

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Nudds, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCHIORNIS HUXLEYI; ARCHAEOPTERYX LITHOGRAPHICA; ARTICLE; BIRD; EVOLUTION; FEATHER; FORELIMB; FOSSIL; HYPOTHESIS; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; DINOSAUR; FLYING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DINOSAURS; FEATHERS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; FOSSILS; WING;

EID: 84899433012     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093963     Document Type: Article

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