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The Evolution of Feathers from Dinosaur Hair.
Scientific paper published in the Gaia (number 15) entitled "The Evolution of Feathers from Dinosaur Hair."
The significance of finding feathered theropod dinosaurs is discussed in terms of the theories of the evolution of feathers, birds and endothermism. The plumulous proximal portion of the isolated Archaeopteryx feather suggests that endothermism had already evolved in the dinosaur - bird lineage by the Late Jurassic. It is suggested that adipose tissue would have played a major role in providing in…
Creator
- P.J. Griffiths
Subject
- Dinossaur
- Theropod
Type of item
- scientific paper
Date
- 1998-12
- 1998-12
Medium
- paper
- Paper
Creator
- P.J. Griffiths
Subject
- Dinossaur
- Theropod
Type of item
- scientific paper
Date
- 1998-12
- 1998-12
Medium
- paper
- Paper
Providing institution
Aggregator
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
Rights
- Free-access: Copyright © Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência - Portugal
- PRIVATE
Creation date
- NA
- Namibia
Temporal
- Mesozoic
Places
- NA
- Namibia
Source
- B.P. Perez-Moreno, T. Holtz Jr., J.L. Sanz & J. Moratalla (eds.) . Aspects of Theropod Paleobiology. Gaia- Geosciences Journal of the National Natural History Museum of the Lisbon University. Number 15, December 1998.
Identifier
- MNHNL-0000798-MG-DOC
Format
- application/pdf
Language
- n/a
- n/a
Relations
- MNHNL-0000769-MG-DOC
Providing country
- Europe