Mummified precocial bird wings in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

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 structu...

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Autores principales:	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
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2016
Materias:	Science Q
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/a75a051d7bf64cf58873c374a978812f
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a75a051d7bf64cf58873c374a978812f2021-12-02T15:34:31ZMummified precocial bird wings in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber10.1038/ncomms120892041-1723https://doaj.org/article/a75a051d7bf64cf58873c374a978812f2016-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12089https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723The 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.Lida XingRyan C. McKellarMin WangMing BaiJingmai K. O’ConnorMichael J. BentonJianping ZhangYan WangKuowei TsengMartin G. LockleyGang LiWeiwei ZhangXing XuNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2016)
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spellingShingle	Science Q 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 Mummified precocial bird wings in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber
description	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.
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author	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
author_facet	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
author_sort	Lida Xing
title	Mummified precocial bird wings in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber
title_short	Mummified precocial bird wings in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber
title_full	Mummified precocial bird wings in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber
title_fullStr	Mummified precocial bird wings in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber
title_full_unstemmed	Mummified precocial bird wings in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber
title_sort	mummified precocial bird wings in mid-cretaceous burmese amber
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2016
url	https://doaj.org/article/a75a051d7bf64cf58873c374a978812f
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Mummified precocial bird wings in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

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