Fig. 9: Positions of estimated confuciusornithid specimens in a morphospace defined by wing loading (WL) and aspect ratio (AR) of extant birds with particular modes of flight. | Communications Biology

Fig. 9: Positions of estimated confuciusornithid specimens in a morphospace defined by wing loading (WL) and aspect ratio (AR) of extant birds with particular modes of flight.

From: A new confuciusornithid bird with a secondary epiphyseal ossification reveals phylogenetic changes in confuciusornithid flight mode

Fig. 9: Positions of estimated confuciusornithid specimens in a morphospace defined by wing loading (WL) and aspect ratio (AR) of extant birds with particular modes of flight.The alt text for this image may have been generated using AI.

Colored lines mark the areas of morphospace occupied by extant birds with particular modes of flight. The image of the morphospace was previously published by Serrano et al.62, and is used here with permission. Black circles indicate specimens which are holotypes of their respective species, unless only a specimen number is indicated. The specimens are numbered in descending order of estimated body mass.

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