Publication Date:
2016-06-30
Description:
Article The plumage of Cretaceous birds has previously been described only from compression fossils and isolated feathers in amber. Here, Xing et al. describe two 99 million year old bird wings found preserved in amber, enabling new insight into the evolution of feather arrangement, pigmentation, and structure. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms12089 Authors: Lida Xing, Ryan C. McKellar, Min Wang, Ming Bai, Jingmai K. O’Connor, Michael J. Benton, Jianping Zhang, Yan Wang, Kuowei Tseng, Martin G. Lockley, Gang Li, Weiwei Zhang, Xing Xu
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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