Distorted Microraptor specimen is not ideal for understanding the origin of avian flight
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The hips of Microraptor are not significantly different from other theropods with regard to osteological inhibitors of leg abduction and estimated size of leg abductor muscle.
“It is important to note that the hips of Microraptor are not significantly different from other theropods with regard to osteological inhibitors of leg abduction and estimated size of leg abductor muscle [79], [80] (pers. obs.).”
From Assessing Arboreal Adaptations of Bird Antecedents: Testing the Ecological Setting of the Origin of the Avian Flight Stroke (2011) · cites this paper as [80]
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Aerodynamic performance of the feathered dinosaur Microraptor and the evolution of feathered flight
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“It is important to note that the hips of Microraptor are not significantly different from other theropods with regard to osteological inhibitors of leg abduction and estimated size of leg abductor muscle [79,80] (pers.”
Background
- Authors
- Brougham, J., & Brusatte, S. L.
- Affiliations
- American Museum of Natural History (US)
- ORCID
- Brusatte, Stephen L.
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Publisher
- National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2010-09-23
- Volume
- 107
- Issue
- 40
- Pages
- E155; author reply E156-E155; author reply E156
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- PMC
- PMC2951411
- OpenAlex
- W2017860499
- Cited by
- 10
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 1
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Fossil Insects in Amber
- Keywords
- Microraptor, feathered dinosaurs, flight evolution
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Biomechanical Phenomena, Birds, Biological Evolution, Flight, Animal, Fossils, Models, Anatomic, Dinosaurs
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