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published by the Texas Tech University, Office of Communications and Marketing
written by Gretchen Pressley
This article, from Texas Tech, contains a summary of a discovery that one of the earliest-known flying dinosaurs could configure their feathers into two sets of wings, similar to a biplane.  The evidence for this new hypothesis is provided, along with a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of such flight.  An analogy between the evolution of flight in birds and the evolution of aeronautical design is also presented.
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© 2007 Texas Tech University
Keywords:
aircraft, biplane, dinosaur, discovery, fossil, paleontologist, paleontology, structure, wing
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Metadata instance created April 19, 2007 by Ann Deml
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August 14, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
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January 23, 2007
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G. Pressley, (Texas Tech University, Office of Communications and Marketing, Lubbock, 2007), WWW Document, (http://web.archive.org/web/20080213103046/http://www.depts.ttu.edu/communications/news/stories/07-01-flying-reptile-biplane.php).
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G. Pressley, The earliest known flying dinosaurs flew like the biplanes of early aviation (Texas Tech University, Office of Communications and Marketing, Lubbock, 2007), <http://web.archive.org/web/20080213103046/http://www.depts.ttu.edu/communications/news/stories/07-01-flying-reptile-biplane.php>.
APA Format
Pressley, G. (2007, January 23). The earliest known flying dinosaurs flew like the biplanes of early aviation. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from Texas Tech University, Office of Communications and Marketing: http://web.archive.org/web/20080213103046/http://www.depts.ttu.edu/communications/news/stories/07-01-flying-reptile-biplane.php
Chicago Format
Pressley, Gretchen. The earliest known flying dinosaurs flew like the biplanes of early aviation. Lubbock: Texas Tech University, Office of Communications and Marketing, January 23, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20080213103046/http://www.depts.ttu.edu/communications/news/stories/07-01-flying-reptile-biplane.php (accessed 26 April 2024).
MLA Format
Pressley, Gretchen. The earliest known flying dinosaurs flew like the biplanes of early aviation. Lubbock: Texas Tech University, Office of Communications and Marketing, 2007. 23 Jan. 2007. 26 Apr. 2024 <http://web.archive.org/web/20080213103046/http://www.depts.ttu.edu/communications/news/stories/07-01-flying-reptile-biplane.php>.
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@misc{ Author = "Gretchen Pressley", Title = {The earliest known flying dinosaurs flew like the biplanes of early aviation}, Publisher = {Texas Tech University, Office of Communications and Marketing}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {26 April 2024}, Month = {January 23, 2007}, Year = {2007} }
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%A Gretchen Pressley %T The earliest known flying dinosaurs flew like the biplanes of early aviation %D January 23, 2007 %I Texas Tech University, Office of Communications and Marketing %C Lubbock %U http://web.archive.org/web/20080213103046/http://www.depts.ttu.edu/communications/news/stories/07-01-flying-reptile-biplane.php %O text/html

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%0 Electronic Source %A Pressley, Gretchen %D January 23, 2007 %T The earliest known flying dinosaurs flew like the biplanes of early aviation %I Texas Tech University, Office of Communications and Marketing %V 2024 %N 26 April 2024 %8 January 23, 2007 %9 text/html %U http://web.archive.org/web/20080213103046/http://www.depts.ttu.edu/communications/news/stories/07-01-flying-reptile-biplane.php


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