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Evidence corroborates identity of isolated fossil feather as a wing covert of Archaeopteryx

The historic fossil feather from the Jurassic Solnhofen has played a pivotal but controversial role in our evolutionary understanding of dinosaurs and birds. Recently, a study confirmed the diagnostic morphology of the feather’s original calamus, but nonetheless challenged the proposed identity as a...

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Autores principales: Carney, Ryan M., Tischlinger, Helmut, Shawkey, Matthew D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7528088/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32999314
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65336-y