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Avicephalian

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A smaller flying relative of the flightless predators which have been uploaded earlier. Its limb structure allows it to crawl, hop, climb and leap while launching itself airborn in the process. Please note that the bones are not visible on the live animal, they are there only so that the limb structure can be better understood. The membranes are more similar to the patagia of gliding squirrels than of bats and pterosaurs, but thinner and covered under a thick intergument of short, fine, keratinous "xenofuzz" (gotta love neologisms XD) vhich gives them a velvety look. Flightles species may have utilised these structures for different purposes, from display features to protective spines.
The "wing finger" is actually a multipple-segmented foot of the limb, with a comb (notice the difference between a "comb" and a "fan" of radiating terrestrial vertebrate digits) of backwards-oriented digits which give it both, flexibility for great manueverability and structural strength.
There are three pairs of airsacks in the body and additional airsacks in the main wing, in the compartments frambed by the bones.
There are brush-like rows of shicker hair outlining the backward-pointing wing fingers which make it a more silent and more efficient flier by reducing drag and directing airflow over the wings, reducing turbulence.
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Make
HP
Model
HP Scanjet djf300
Date Taken
Jan 26, 2013, 10:41:21 PM
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