Lecture 16, Vert Life
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2. Dromeosaurs and birds
- furcula, fused sternum
- flexible and rotating wrists
- S shaped neck, tridactyl foot, digitigrade posture, penumatic bones
3. Archeopteryx
- improved low speed flight, more skeletal fusin, deeper sternum, alula, shorter tail, teeth
- poss powered flight, reptile and bird feathers,
- arboreal, strut like coracoid, fused pelvis, pygostyle, reduced foot claws
- modern flight, short back and tail, deep sternum and keel,
4. Enantiornithines
- poss powered flight, reptile and bird feathers,
- arboreal, strut like coracoid, fused pelvis, pygostyle, reduced foot claws
- improved low speed flight, more skeletal fusin, deeper sternum, alula, shorter tail, teeth
- modern flight, short back and tail, deep sternum and keel,
5. big bang diversification
- palaeontological data
- molecular data
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