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Fully fledged enantiornithine hatchling revealed by Laser-Stimulated Fluorescence supports precocial nesting behavior

Laser-Stimulated Fluorescence (LSF) is used to identify fully fledged feathering in the hatchling enantiornithine bird specimen MPCM-LH-26189, supporting precocial nesting behavior in this extinct group. The LSF results include the detection of a long pennaceous wing feather as well as cover feather...

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Autores principales: Kaye, Thomas G., Pittman, Michael, Marugán-Lobón, Jesús, Martín-Abad, Hugo, Sanz, José Luis, Buscalioni, Angela D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6428842/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30899080
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-41423-7