Cursorial
Basic description
Flight was developed ground up.
Basic Description
Flight was evolved from tree dwelling creatures evolving flight.
Name the 4 animal groups who have perfected flight
Insects, Pterosaurs, Birds, Bats
Flapping forelimbs increased speed in protobirds, later evolving into flight
Cursorial
The first believed to come up with the Arboreal theory
Sir Grafton Elliot Smith & Franklin Wood
Whose theory? Insectivorous creatures started by jumping for flying insects and later evolved into flight
Caple et al Theory
Whose theory? Gliders are structurally and aerodynamically different than flyers
Padian's Counter Theory
Roughly 215 Million years ago, first vertebrates to use powered flight.
Pterosaurs
Theory that infinite Monkeys writing on type writers for an infinite time, will eventually lead to an exact recreation of some piece of literature (like Shakespeare).
Trick Question! Infinite Monkeys Theorum
(If you could name the theory/identify that this was a trick you get points)
Insectivorous (insect eating) creatures, flight theorist
Caple et al
What's the name of the variation of Cursorial Theory that states; Proto-birds used flapping to create downward force allowing them to travel near vertical surfaces
WAIR, otherwise called Wing-Assisted Incline Running Theory
Whose theory was the foundation for the Arboreal Theory?
Bock's Theory
Evolved flight around 300 to 400 Million years ago.
Insects
Land dwelling creatures leaped to catch flying insects, and their leaping evolved into flight.
Cursorial
Wing structures originally held a different purpose during the evolution of Flight
Commonly agreed theory
Whose Theory? Flapping forelimbs increased speed in protobirds, later evolving into flight
Nosca's Theory
True or False? A creature jumping off the ground to catch insects would be an accurate example of the Arboreal theory.
False, while this would be great for Cursorial this is not an accurate example of the Arboreal theory.
Evolved roughly 64 Million years ago, drives Arboreal theory
Bats
Quadripedal reptiles evolved to bipedal proto-birds, which began climbing trees
Arboreal
Believed to have first developed the Arboreal theory, for bats
Charles Darwin
True or False, A species that lives in trees could develop flight after millions of years
False, this is an example of an Arborial theory Not Cursorial.
Whose Theory? To jump from tree to tree it would require stability
Caple et al Counter Theory
Evolved from theropods, evidence for either theory of flight
Birds
The inheritance of traits suited to a creatures environment
Trick Question! Charles Darwin Theory of Evolution
(If you could name the theory/identify that this was a trick you get points)
Theorist who discovered the evolutionary stages of the Proto-Bird
Bock