Structural coloration in a fossil feather

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 128-131

  Vinther, Jakob ^a   Briggs, Derek E G ^a   Clarke, Julia ^b   Mayr, Gerald ^c   Prum, Richard O ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bird; Feather colour; Feather preservation; Melanosome

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COLOR; DINOSAUR; EOCENE; FEATHER; FOSSIL; PIGMENT; PROTEIN;

GERMANY; HESSE; MESSEL;

AVES; DINOSAURIA;

EID: 77449101595     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0524     Document Type: Article

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