Las alas traseras en las aves basales y la evolución de las plumas de las patas

Xiaoting Zheng1, Zhonghe Zhou, Xiaoli Wang

  • 1Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Linyi University, Linyi City, Shandong, China. ty4291666@163.com

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|March 16, 2013
PubMed
Resumen

Los fósiles de aves primitivas revelan grandes plumas en las piernas, lo que sugiere que los orígenes del vuelo involucraron el desarrollo de plumas en las piernas. Esto desafía las ideas anteriores sobre los pies escalados en la evolución temprana de las aves.

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