[HTML][HTML] Pennaraptoran theropod dinosaurs past progress and new frontiers

M Pittman, X Xu - Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 2020 - BioOne
This chapter will cover clade definitions, the relationships within clades as well as the
occasional controversial relationships between different clades. Phylogenies arising from a …

Flight and echolocation evolved once in Chiroptera: comments on 'The evolution of flight in bats: a novel hypothesis'

NM Gardner, TA Dececchi - Mammal Review, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Anderson and Ruxton (Mammal Review, 2020) reviewed the evolution of powered
flight and laryngeal echolocation in bats. They hypothesised that powered flight and …

Palaeoatmosphere facilitates a gliding transition to powered flight in the Eocene bat, Onychonycteris finneyi

NP Giannini, A Cannell, LI Amador… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
The evolutionary transition to powered flight remains controversial in bats, the only flying
mammals. We applied aerodynamic modeling to reconstruct flight in the oldest complete …

Paleo-air pressures and respiration of giant Odonatoptera from the Late Carboniferous to the Early Cretaceous

A CANNELL, A NEL - Palaeoentomology, 2023 - mapress.com
Adult Odonatoptera are among the most efficient flying predators. They have retained many
physical characteristics over an immense period stretching from the Carboniferous to the …

An engineering perspective on the microstructure and compression properties of the seagull Larus argentatus feather rachis

M Zou, J Zhou, L Xu, J Song, S Liu, X Li - Micron, 2019 - Elsevier
The feathers of the seagull Larus argentatus are lightweight but can withstand high
alternating stresses and exhibit excellent stiffness and strength. The shaft is an important …

[PDF][PDF] Laser-stimulated fluorescence refines flight modelling of the Early Cretaceous bird Sapeornis

FJ Serrano, M Pittman, TG Kaye, X Wang… - … : past progress and …, 2020 - researchgate.net
Unseen and difficult-to-see soft tissues of fossil birds revealed by laser-stimulated
fluorescence (LSF) shed light on their functional morphology. Here we study a well …

Flight performance of the Early Cretaceous bird Confuciusornis sanctus: evidence from an exceptionally preserved fossil.

LM Chiappe, FJ Serrano… - Spanish Journal of …, 2023 - search.ebscohost.com
English The Chinese Early Cretaceous Confuciusornis sanctus is the most abundant
Mesozoic bird and a model species for studies of early avian evolution. While previous …

Palaeoatmosphere facilitates a gliding transition to powered flight in Eocene bats

A Cannell, L Amador, N Simmons, N GIANNINI - 2023 - researchsquare.com
Bats are the only flying mammals but their transition to flight remains poorly understood and
controversial. We applied aerodynamic modeling to reconstruct flight in the oldest complete …

Laser-stimulated fluorescence refines flight modeling of the early cretaceous bird sapeornis.

FJ Serrano Alarcón, M Pittman, TG Kaye, X Wang… - 2020 - riuma.uma.es
Unseen and difficult-to-see soft tissues of fossil birds revealed by laser-stimulated
fluorescence (LSF) shed light on their functional morphology. Here we study a well …

Pennaraptoran theropod dinosaurs: past progress and new frontiers.(Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 440)

M Pittman, X Xu, J O'Connor, DJ Field, AH Turner… - 2020 - digitallibrary.amnh.org
Abstract Introduction/Michael Pittman and **ng Xu--Section 1. Systematics, fossil record, and
biogeography--Chapter 1. Pennaraptoran systematics/Michael Pittman, **gmai O'Connor …