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Functional space analyses reveal the function and evolution of the most bizarre theropod manual unguals
Maniraptoran dinosaurs include the ancestors of birds, and most used their hands for grasping and in flight, but early-branching maniraptorans had extraordinary claws of mysterious function. Alvarezsauroids had short, strong arms and hands with a stout, rock-pick-like, single functional finger. Ther...
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9935540/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36797463 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04552-4 |