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Decoupling body shape and mass distribution in birds and their dinosaurian ancestors
It is accepted that non-avian theropod dinosaurs, with their long muscular tails and small forelimbs, had a centre-of-mass close to the hip, while extant birds, with their reduced tails and enlarged wings have their mass centred more cranially. Transition between these states is considered crucial t...
Autores principales: | Macaulay, Sophie, Hoehfurtner, Tatjana, Cross, Samuel R. R., Marek, Ryan D., Hutchinson, John R., Schachner, Emma R., Maher, Alice E., Bates, Karl T. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10033513/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36949094 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37317-y |
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