Detail Feather Quill Knobs in the Dinosaur Velociraptor   Oleh:  Turner, Alan H. ; Makovicky, Peter J. ; Norell, Mark A. Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: SCIENCE (keterangan: ada di Proquest) vol. 317 no. 5845 (Sep. 2007), page 1721. Ketersediaan Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: S01.K.2007.08 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel Some nonavian theropod dinosaurs were at least partially covered in feathers or filamentous protofeathers. However, a complete understanding of feather distribution among theropod dinosaurs is limited because feathers are typically preserved only in lagerstätten like that of Solnhofen, Germany or Liaoning, China. Such deposits possess clear taphonomic biases toward small-bodied animals, limiting our knowledge regarding feather presence in larger members of feathered clades. We present direct evidence of feathers in Velociraptor mongoliensis based on the presence of quill knobs on the posterior forearm. This report of secondaries in a larger-bodied, derived, and clearly flightless member of a nonavian theropod clade represented by feathered relatives is a substantial contribution to our knowledge of the evolution of feathers. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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