Were early pterosaurs inept terrestrial locomotors?
Pterodactyloid pterosaurs are widely interpreted as terrestrially competent, erect-limbed quadrupeds, but the terrestrial capabilities of non-pterodactyloids are largely thought to have been poor. This is commonly justified by the absence of a non-pterodactyloid footprint record, suggestions that th...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2015
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4476129/ |