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Historical Biology
An International Journal of Paleobiology
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Pterosaur flight: The role of actinofibrils in wing function

Pages 255-284 | Published online: 10 Jan 2009

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David Peters. (2009) A reinterpretation of pteroid articulation in pterosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29:4, pages 1327-1330.
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Edina Prondvai & David W.E. Hone. (2008) New models for the wing extension in pterosaurs. Historical Biology 20:4, pages 237-254.
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S. Christopher Bennett. (2007) Articulation and function of the pteroid bone of pterosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27:4, pages 881-891.
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David Peters. (2001) A New Model for the Evolution of the Pterosaur Wing--with a twist. Historical Biology 15:4, pages 277-301.
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David M. Martill, Eberhard Frey, Helmut Tischlinger, Matthias Mäuser, Héctor E. Rivera-Sylva & Steven U. Vidovic. (2023) A new pterodactyloid pterosaur with a unique filter-feeding apparatus from the Late Jurassic of Germany. PalZ 97:2, pages 383-424.
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Michael Pittman, Thomas G. Kaye, Hebert B. Campos & Michael B. Habib. (2022) Quadrupedal water launch capability demonstrated in small Late Jurassic pterosaurs. Scientific Reports 12:1.
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Michael Pittman, Luke A. Barlow, Thomas G. Kaye & Michael B. Habib. (2021) Pterosaurs evolved a muscular wing–body junction providing multifaceted flight performance benefits: Advanced aerodynamic smoothing, sophisticated wing root control, and wing force generation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118:44.
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Elizabeth Martin-Silverstone, Michael B. Habib & David W.E. Hone. (2020) Volant Fossil Vertebrates: Potential for Bioinspired Flight Technology. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 35:7, pages 618-629.
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Colin Palmer. (2017) Inferring the properties of the pterosaur wing membrane. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 455:1, pages 57-68.
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A. V. Koroljov. (2017) Pterosaur flight. Biology Bulletin Reviews 7:3, pages 179-228.
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K.M. MiddletonL.T. English. (2015) Challenges and advances in the study of pterosaur flight. Canadian Journal of Zoology 93:12, pages 945-959.
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D.W.E. Hone, M.K. Van Rooijen & M.B. Habib. (2015) The wingtips of the pterosaurs: Anatomy, aeronautical function and ecological implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 440, pages 431-439.
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S. Christopher Bennett. (2016) New interpretation of the wings of the pterosaur Rhamphorhynchus muensteri based on the Zittel and Marsh specimens . Journal of Paleontology 89:5, pages 845-869.
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David Hone, Donald M. Henderson, François Therrien & Michael B. Habib. (2015) A specimen of Rhamphorhynchus with soft tissue preservation, stomach contents and a putative coprolite . PeerJ 3, pages e1191.
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Mark P. Witton. (2015) Were early pterosaurs inept terrestrial locomotors?. PeerJ 3, pages e1018.
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Theagarten Lingham-SoliarTheagarten Lingham-Soliar. 2015. The Vertebrate Integument Volume 2. The Vertebrate Integument Volume 2 131 161 .
Sankar CHATTERJEE & R. Jack TEMPLIN. (2013) The Flight Dynamics of Tapejara , a Pterosaur From the Early Cretaceous of Brazil with a Large Cranial Crest . Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition 86:6, pages 1377-1388.
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David W. E. HONE. (2013) Pterosaur Research: Recent Advances and a Future Revolution. Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition 86:6, pages 1366-1376.
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David W. E. Hone, Helmut Tischlinger, Eberhard Frey & Martin Röper. (2012) A New Non-Pterodactyloid Pterosaur from the Late Jurassic of Southern Germany. PLoS ONE 7:7, pages e39312.
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Colin Palmer & Gareth Dyke. (2011) Constraints on the wing morphology of pterosaurs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279:1731, pages 1218-1224.
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Colin Palmer. (2010) Flight in slow motion: aerodynamics of the pterosaur wing. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278:1713, pages 1881-1885.
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Brian Roberts, Rick Lind & Sankar Chatterjee. (2011) Flight dynamics of a pterosaur-inspired aircraft utilizing a variable-placement vertical tail. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 6:2, pages 026010.
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Ross A. Elgin, David W.E. Hone & Eberhard Frey. (2011) The Extent of the Pterosaur Flight Membrane. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56:1, pages 99-111.
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Alexander W. A. Kellner, Xiaolin Wang, Helmut Tischlinger, Diogenes de Almeida Campos, David W. E. Hone & Xi Meng. (2009) The soft tissue of Jeholopterus (Pterosauria, Anurognathidae, Batrachognathinae) and the structure of the pterosaur wing membrane . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 277:1679, pages 321-329.
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Karl Strang, Ilan Kroo, Margot Gerritsen & Scott Delp. (2009) Efficient flight of pterosaurs - an unsteady aerodynamic approach. Efficient flight of pterosaurs - an unsteady aerodynamic approach.
MATTHEW T. WILKINSON. (2008) Three-dimensional geometry of a pterosaur wing skeleton, and its implications for aerial and terrestrial locomotion. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 154:1, pages 27-69.
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S. Christopher Bennett. (2007) A second specimen of the pterosaurAnurognathus ammoni. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 81:4, pages 376-398.
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M. T. Wilkinson. (2007) Sailing the skies: the improbable aeronautical success of the pterosaurs. Journal of Experimental Biology 210:10, pages 1663-1671.
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D. W. E. HONE & M. J. BENTON. (2007) Cope's Rule in the Pterosauria, and differing perceptions of Cope's Rule at different taxonomic levels. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 20:3, pages 1164-1170.
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G. J. DYKE, R. L. NUDDS & J. M. V. RAYNER. (2006) Flight of Sharovipteryx mirabilis: the world's first delta-winged glider. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19:4, pages 1040-1043.
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LÜ Junchang, KOBAYASHI Yoshitsugu, YUAN Chongxi, JI Shu'an & JI Qiang. (2010) SEM Observation of the Wing Membrane of Beipiaopterus chenianus (Pterosauria) . Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition 79:6, pages 766-769.
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Eberhard Frey, Marie-Céline Buchy & David M. Martill. (2022) Middle- and bottom-decker Cretaceous pterosaurs: unique designs in active flying vertebrates. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 217:1, pages 267-274.
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Eberhard Frey, Helmut Tischlinger, Marie-Céline Buchy & David M. Martill. (2022) New specimens of Pterosauria (Reptilia) with soft parts with implications for pterosaurian anatomy and locomotion. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 217:1, pages 233-266.
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