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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...
Autores principales: | Carney, Ryan M., Tischlinger, Helmut, Shawkey, Matthew D. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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