Leapin' Lizards.

• Autores: Stuart Fox
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 300, Nº. 5, 2009, págs. 25-26
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article discusses discoveries related to the ways that pterosaurs took flight. A biomechanical study of pterosaur flight is described, noting that scientists have suggested that pterosaurs such as Quetzalcoatlus took flight by using all four limbs to make a standing jump. The belief of some scientists that the pterosaur took off using two limbs rather than all four is also described.