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Fossil Wings

Fossil Wings is a paleontological construct that refers to the preserved morphological remains of avian or pterosaur wing structures in geological strata, distinguished by their utility in reconstructing the evolutionary developmental pathways and biomechanical adaptations of flight in extinct species.

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7K

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360

Authors

216

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2017–2026

25

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Publications

164

A new interpretation of dragonfly wing venation based upon Early Upper Carboniferous fossils from Argentina (Insecta: Odonatoidea) and basic character states in pterygote wings

E. F. Riek, Jarmila Kukalová-Peck · Canadian Journal of Zoology · 1984 · 423 citations

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Origin of the insect wing and wing articulation from the arthropodan leg

Jarmila Kukalová-Peck · Canadian Journal of Zoology · 1983 · 274 citations

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Origin and evolution of insect wings and their relation to metamorphosis, as documented by the fossil record

Jarmila Kukalová-Peck · Journal of Morphology · 1978 · 254 citations

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A Primitive Enantiornithine Bird and the Origin of Feathers

Fucheng Zhang, Zhonghe Zhou · Science · 2000 · 249 citations

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A bizarre Jurassic maniraptoran theropod with preserved evidence of membranous wings

Xing Xu, Xiaoting Zheng, Corwin Sullivan et al. · Nature · 2015 · 186 citations · Full text

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Authors

360

  1. DR
    Dong Ren

    Capital Normal University, China

    10 publications · 208 citations

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  2. AN
    André Nel

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    10 publications · 257 citations

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  3. LM
    Luis M. Chiappe

    Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, United States

    8 publications · 404 citations

    8

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  4. JK
    Jingmai K. O’Connor

    Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, China

    7 publications · 324 citations

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  5. GJ
    Gareth J. Dyke

    University College Dublin, Ireland

    7 publications · 330 citations

    7

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Institutions

216

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    14 h-index

    41 publications

    2.9K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    12 h-index

    34 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology

    Beijing, China

    12 h-index

    26 publications

    2.4K citations

  4. Capital Normal University

    Beijing, China

    10 h-index

    23 publications

    448 citations

  5. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

    Los Angeles, United States

    8 h-index

    12 publications

    489 citations

  6. American Museum of Natural History

    New York, United States

    8 h-index

    12 publications

    421 citations

  7. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    255 citations

  8. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    671 citations

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Venues

  1. Nature

    9 publications · 670 citations

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  2. Science

    6 publications · 515 citations

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  3. Nature Communications

    5 publications · 414 citations

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  4. Palaeontology

    5 publications · 98 citations

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  5. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

    5 publications · 155 citations

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