Modelling take-off moment arms in an ornithocheiraean pterosaur (2024)
Journal Article
Griffin, B. W., Martin-Silverstone, E., Pêgas, R. V., Meilak, E. A., Costa, F. R., Palmer, C., & Rayfield, E. J. (in press). Modelling take-off moment arms in an ornithocheiraean pterosaur. PeerJ, 12, Article e17678. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17678

Take-off is a vital part of powered flight which likely constrains the size of birds, yet extinct pterosaurs are known to have reached far larger sizes. Three different hypothesised take-off motions (bipedal burst launching, bipedal countermotion lau... Read More about Modelling take-off moment arms in an ornithocheiraean pterosaur.