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Description: Microraptor gui from [2], a dromaeosaur from the Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Liaoning, China; physical models, and sign conventions. B-J, Physical models of M. gui, scale model wingspan 20 cm, snout-vent-length 8 cm. Reconstruction postures, B-I, used for constructing physical models: B, sprawled, after [2]; C, tent, after [34], [58]; D, legs-down, after [34]; E, biplane, after [32]. F-I additional manipulations: F, asymmetric leg posture with 9090 leg mismatch ( arabesque ); G, example asymmetric leg posture with 45 dihedral on one leg ( dégagé ), H, sprawled without leg or tail feathers; I, tent without leg or tail feathers. J, test setup; K, sign conventions, rotation angles, and definitions for model testing.
Title: Microraptor models
Credit: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0085203
Author: Dennis Evangelista, Griselda Cardona, Eric Guenther-Gleason, Tony Huynh, Austin Kwong, Dylan Marks, Neil Ray, Adrian Tisbe, Kyle Tse, Mimi Koehl
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