Response to Serrano and Chiappe

Michael Pittman; Michael B. Habib; T. Alexander Dececchi; Hans C.E. Larsson; Rui Pei; Thomas G. Kaye; Mark A. Norell; Stephen L. Brusatte; Xing Xu

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.059

Response to Serrano and Chiappe

Michael Pittman^*, Michael B. Habib, T. Alexander Dececchi, Hans C.E. Larsson, Rui Pei, Thomas G. Kaye, Mark A. Norell, Stephen L. Brusatte, Xing Xu

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In the recent study in Current Biology by Pei and colleagues¹, we used two proxies — wing loading and specific lift — to reconstruct powered flight potential across the vaned feathered fossil pennaraptorans. The results recovered multiple origins of powered flight. We respectfully disagree with the criticism raised by Serrano and Chiappe² that wing loading and specific lift, used in sequence, fail to discriminate between powered flight and gliding. We will explain this in reference to our original conservative approach.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	R372-R373
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	31
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.059
Publication status	Published - 26 Apr 2021

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