New occurrences of fossilized feathers: systematics and taphonomy of the Santana Formation of the Araripe Basin (Cretaceous), NE, Brazil
Here we describe three fossil feathers from the Early Cretaceous Santana Formation of the Araripe Basin, Brazil. Feathers are the most complex multiform vertebrate integuments; they perform different functions, occurring in both avian and non-avian dinosaurs. Despite their rarity, fossil feathers ha...
Main Authors: | Gustavo M.E.M. Prado, Luiz Eduardo Anelli, Setembrino Petri, Guilherme Raffaeli Romero |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2016-07-01
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Series: | PeerJ |
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/1916.pdf |
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