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Allometric wing growth links parental care to pterosaur giantism

Pterosaurs evolved a broad range of body sizes, from small-bodied early forms with wingspans of mostly 1–2 m to the last-surviving giants with sizes of small airplanes. Since all pterosaurs began life as small hatchlings, giant forms must have attained large adult sizes through new growth strategies...

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Autores principales: Yang, Zixiao, Jiang, Baoyu, Benton, Michael J., Xu, Xing, McNamara, Maria E., Hone, David W. E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10354479/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37464754
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.1102

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