Feather-like development of Triassic diapsid skin appendages

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-86

  Voigt, Sebastian ^a   Buchwitz, Michael ^a   Fischer, Jan ^a   Krause, Daniel ^b   Georgi, Robert ^a  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Feather evo devo; Fossilized integument; Longisquama; Skin appendage

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEATHER; FOSSIL RECORD; REPTILE; SKIN; TRIASSIC;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEATHER; INTEGUMENT; KYRGYZSTAN; LONGISQUAMA INSIGNIS; NONHUMAN; REPTILE; SKIN APPENDAGE; TRIASSIC;

ANIMALS; FEATHERS; FOSSILS; GERMANY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

ASIA; EURASIA; KYRGYZSTAN; WEST ASIA;

SAURIA; SAUROPSIDA;

EID: 57849150801     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0453-1     Document Type: Article

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