Pterosaurs to Birds

This site presents the idea that birds developed from flying pterosaurs. This is a credible alternative to the current, mainstream idea that birds developed from land-based dinosaurs.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Pterosaur to bird - hand development

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The pteroid is composed of two fused phalanges. http://www.oceansofkansas.com/Pteranodon/FHSM/FHSM%20VP-2072Pteroid1.jpg http://www.o...

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Seriema

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seriema The seriemas are the sole extant members of the small and ancient family Cariamidae , which is al...

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Friday, October 14, 2011

Paraphyletic = Ancestral

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dromaeosauridae#Flying_and_gliding "As late as 2001, Mark Norell and colleagues analyzed a large survey o...

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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Neoteny

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For reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaeognathae "Other authors have questioned the monophyly of the Palaeognathae on variou...

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Origin of flightlessness

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This research requires some changes be made to what I have proposed concerning flightless birds. Flightless birds will have to be integrated...

Friday, October 7, 2011

Pterosaur to bird - hand development

Seriema

Paraphyletic = Ancestral

Neoteny

Origin of flightlessness

Neutrino

Organizing the Material

Landbirds (Owl)

Landbirds (General)

Landfowl

Waterfowl

Aquatic Birds