A new Jurassic theropod from China documents a transitional step in the macrostructure of feathers

2017/08/22 by Ulysse Lefèvre, Andrea Cau, Aude Cincotta +4 · 7 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Ichthyology and Marine Biology #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology

paper · doi:10.1007/s00114-017-1496-y

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• The oldest Archaeopteryx (Theropoda: Avialiae): a new specimen from the Kimmeridgian/Tithonian boundary of Schamhaupten, Bavaria
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