-
Ornithurae are held in
place and
moved by
structures called bulbi rectricium (
rectricial bulbs), a
complex feature of fat and
muscles located on
either side of...
- An
Enantiornithine with a Fan-Shaped Tail, and the
Evolution of the
Rectricial Complex in
Early Birds.
Current Biology, 26(1): 114-119. Chatterjee, S...
- ligaments) to the tail bones; the
remaining rectrices are
embedded into the
rectricial bulbs,
complex structures of fat and
muscle that
surround those bones...
- "An
Enantiornithine with a Fan-Shaped Tail, and the
Evolution of the
Rectricial Complex in
Early Birds".
Current Biology. 26 (1): 114–119. doi:10.1016/j...
- at the end of the tail,
which would have
trailed behind a
small fan of
rectricial tail feathers. In
their phylogenetic analyses, Shen et al. (2024) recovered...
-
enantiornithine standards,
while birds preserving clear evidence for
aerodynamic rectricial arrangements (Sapeornis, Chiappeavis,
members of Ornithuromorpha) had...
- rection, rectitude, rectitudinous, rector, rectorate, rectory, rectress,
rectricial, rectrix, ****, redirect, regency, regent, regible, regime, regimen...
- "An
enantiornithine with a fan-shaped tail, and the
evolution of the
rectricial complex in
early birds".
Current Biology. 26 (1): 114–119. doi:10.1016/j...
- the
skeletal anatomy of
Chiappeavis magnapremaxillo,
suggesting that
rectricial bulbs were
present in
basal members of the enantiornithines, is published...
- "An
enantiornithine with a fan-shaped tail, and the
evolution of the
rectricial complex in
early birds".
Current Biology. 26 (1): 114–119. Bibcode:2016CBio...