The oldest fossil feather from Europe

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 256, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Schweigert, Günter ^a   Tischlinger, Helmut ^b   Dietl, Gerd ^a  

^a STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaeopteryx; Evolution; Jurassic; Lithographic limestones; Nusplingen

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; FEATHER; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; JURASSIC; LAGERSTATTE; PALEONTOLOGY;

BAVARIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; SOLNHOFEN;

ANIMALIA; ARCHAEOPTERYX;

EID: 78649566562     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2009/0061     Document Type: Article

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