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Competition and constraint drove Cope's rule in the evolution of giant flying reptiles
The pterosaurs, Mesozoic flying reptiles, attained wingspans of more than 10 m that greatly exceed the largest birds and challenge our understanding of size limits in flying animals. Pterosaurs have been used to illustrate Cope’s rule, the influential generalization that evolutionary lineages trend...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Pub. Group
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3988819/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24694584 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms4567 |