Publications by authors named "Jose A Palma Liberona"
Article Synopsis
- The study analyzes how body size and forelimb size in non-avian theropods evolved, noting a general trend where larger species have relatively shorter forelimbs, known as negative forelimb allometry, while some groups showed different patterns closer to isometry.
- By applying phylogenetic statistical testing, the research confirms the negative allometry trend but identifies exceptions among specific theropod subclades like Coelophysoidea, which may have lost this ancestral trait.
- The authors discuss the potential link between allometric trends and growth patterns in non-avian theropods, suggesting that some juvenile traits, like longer forelimbs, may have persisted into adulthood in evolving birds
