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Comparison of flight movement between pterosaurs and modern birds

Grant number: 25/21245-9
Support Opportunities:Scholarships in Brazil - Master
Start date: February 01, 2026
End date: December 31, 2027
Field of knowledge:Biological Sciences - Zoology - Paleozoology
Principal Investigator:Fabiana Rodrigues Costa Nunes
Grantee:Gabriela da Cunha Marques
Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas (CCNH). Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC). Santo André , SP, Brazil
Associated research grant:22/03099-7 - Tridimensional modeling and locomotor biomechanics in extinct vertebrates, AP.PNGP.PI

Abstract

Using pterosaur models such as Tapejara wellnhoferi and Rhamphorhynchus muensteri, comparisons between the different flight postures adopted by pterosaurs will be carried out, and these postures will then be compared to those of modern birds. In this way, inferences about the evolution of these postures and flight movements can be made for pterosaurs, allowing broader evolutionary approaches to be undertaken. (AU)

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