Barb geometry of asymmetrical feathers reveals a transitional morphology in the evolution of avian flight

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1803, 2015, Pages

  Feo, Teresa J ^a   Field, Daniel J ^a,b   Prum, Richard O ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeopteryx; Asymmetrical flight feather; Avian flight; Evolutionary transition; Paraves; Theoretical morphospace

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ASYMMETRY; AVIFAUNA; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; GEOMETRY; JURASSIC; MESOZOIC; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

ARCHAEOPTERYX; AVES; CONFUCIUSORNIS; ORNITHURAE; THEROPODA;

EID: 84922566884     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2864     Document Type: Article

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