Re: Archaeopteryx flight

The exceptional development of finger III in *Confuciusornis* shows that it was still used for something.<<<

Climbing. Holding onto branches.<<

Probable.<

Or as a leading edge stall control device, a function exapted by feathers in more derived birds and known as the alula.

PTN

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