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Digital restoration of the pectoral girdles of two Early Cretaceous birds and implications for early-flight evolution
The morphology of the pectoral girdle, the skeletal structure connecting the wing to the body, is a key determinant of flight capability, but in some respects is poorly known among stem birds. Here, the pectoral girdles of the Early Cretaceous birds Sapeornis and Piscivorenantiornis are reconstructe...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
2022
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9023055/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35356889 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.76086 |