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…
Creatore
- P.J. Griffiths
Argomento
- Dinossaur
- Theropod
Tipo di oggetto
- scientific paper
Data
- 1998-12
- 1998-12
Medium
- paper
- Carta
Creatore
- P.J. Griffiths
Argomento
- Dinossaur
- Theropod
Tipo di oggetto
- scientific paper
Data
- 1998-12
- 1998-12
Medium
- paper
- Carta
Fornitore di contenuti
Aggregatore
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
Diritti
- Free-access: Copyright © Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência - Portugal
- PRIVATE
Data di creazione
- NA
- Namibia
Periodo
- Mesozoic
Luoghi
- NA
- Namibia
Fonte
- 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.
Codice di identificazione
- MNHNL-0000798-MG-DOC
Formato
- application/pdf
Lingua
- n/a
- n/a
Relazioni
- MNHNL-0000769-MG-DOC
Paese fornitore
- Europe