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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Pterosaur"”.
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Forelimb and Pectoral Anatomy of Arcticodactylus cromptonellus, an Early Pterosaur from the Late Triassic, and the Origins of Pterosaurs
Pterosaurs represent the earliest appearance of only three clades of flying vertebrates, the pioneers of aerial vertebrate ecospace, and the lineage to produce the largest known flying organisms. The origins of the pterosaurian flight apparatus have been difficult to ascertain, in part, due to …
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NEOICHNOLOGY OF BATS: MORPHOLOGICAL, ECOLOGICAL, AND PHYLOGENETIC INFLUENCES ON TERRESTRIAL BEHAVIOR AND TRACKMAKING ABILITY WITHIN THE CHIROPTERA
… record, and eventually used for comparisons to pterosaur trace fossils to better understand their locomotor behaviors. As the only extant quadruped capable of powered flight, bats are likely the closest living analog for understanding pterosaur locomotion.
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Unsteady Nonlinear Aerodynamic Modeling and Applications
… of the wing kinematics and planform shape of a Pterosaur replica ornithopter. The objective functions included minimization of the required cycle-averaged aerodynamic power and maximization of the propulsive efficiency. The results show that there is an optimum kinematic parameter as well as …