Reconstruction of Microraptor and the evolution of iridescent plumage

Science

Volumn 335, Issue 6073, 2012, Pages 1215-1219

  Li, Quanguo ^a   Gao, Ke Qin ^b   Meng, Qingjin ^a   Clarke, Julia A ^c   Shawkey, Matthew D ^d   D'Alba, Liliana ^d   Pei, Rui ^e   Ellison, Mick ^e   Norell, Mark A ^e   Vinther, Jakob ^c,f  

^a BEIJING MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^e DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COLOR; CRETACEOUS; DATA SET; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MELANIN; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PLUMAGE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAPTOR; RECONSTRUCTION; SAMPLING;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COLOR; COURTSHIP; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; FEATHER; FOSSIL; LOWER CRETACEOUS; MELANOSOME; MICRORAPTOR; MIDDLE JURASSIC; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPTOR; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AVES; DINOSAURIA;

EID: 84863298515     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1213780     Document Type: Article

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