Morphospaces of functionally analogous traits show ecological separation between birds and pterosaurs
Volume: 284, Issue: 1865, Pages: 20171556 - 20171556
Published: Oct 18, 2017
Abstract
Birds originated and radiated in the presence of another group of flying vertebrates, the pterosaurs. Opinion is divided as to whether birds competitively displaced pterosaurs from small-body size niches or whether the two groups coexisted with little competition. Previous studies of Mesozoic birds and pterosaurs compared measurements of homologous limb bones to test these hypotheses. However, these characters probably reflect differing...
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Title
Morphospaces of functionally analogous traits show ecological separation between birds and pterosaurs
Published Date
Oct 18, 2017
Volume
284
Issue
1865
Pages
20171556 - 20171556
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