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

• Authors : CHIAPPE, Luis M.; SERRANO, Francisco J.; ABRAMOWICZ, Stephanie

Subjects: BIRD ecology; CRETACEOUS paleoecology; FOSSIL collection

• Source: Spanish Journal of Palaeontology; Dec2023, Vol. 38 Issue 2, p101-122, 22p

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A new specimen of the Early Cretaceous bird Hongshanornis longicresta: insights into the aerodynamics and diet of a basal ornithuromorph

• Authors : Chiappe, Luis M.; Zhao, Bo; O'Connor, Jingmai K.

• Source: PeerJ. January 2, 2014, Vol. 2 e234

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Flight reconstruction of two European enantiornithines (Aves, Pygostylia) and the achievement of bounding flight in Early Cretaceous birds.

• Authors : Serrano, Francisco J.; Chiappe, Luis M.; Palmqvist, Paul

Subjects: ENANTIORNITHIFORMES; BIRD flight; BIRD morphology

• Source: Palaeontology; May2018, Vol. 61 Issue 3, p359-368, 10p

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The wing of Archaeopteryx as a primary thrust generator.

• Authors : Burgers, Phillip; Chiappe, Luis M.

Subjects: ARCHAEOPTERYX; BIRD flight; AERODYNAMICS

• Source: Nature. 5/6/1999, Vol. 399 Issue 6731, p60. 3p. 2 Diagrams, 1 Chart, 1 Graph.

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Flight aerodynamics in enantiornithines: Information from a new Chinese Early Cretaceous bird.

• Authors : Liu, Di; Chiappe, Luis M.; Serrano, Francisco

Subjects: FOSSIL birds; BIRD morphology; FEATHER morphology

• Source: PLoS ONE; 10/11/2017, Vol. 12 Issue 10, p1-18, 18p

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