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...
Main Authors: | Shiying Wang, Yubo Ma, Qian Wu, Min Wang, Dongyu Hu, Corwin Sullivan, Xing Xu |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2022-03-01
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Series: | eLife |
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Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/76086 |
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