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Shake a Tail Feather: The Evolution of the Theropod Tail into a Stiff Aerodynamic Surface

Theropod dinosaurs show striking morphological and functional tail variation; e.g., a long, robust, basal theropod tail used for counterbalance, or a short, modern avian tail used as an aerodynamic surface. We used a quantitative morphological and functional analysis to reconstruct intervertebral jo...

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Autores principales: Pittman, Michael, Gatesy, Stephen M., Upchurch, Paul, Goswami, Anjali, Hutchinson, John R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3655181/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23690987
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063115