Feather Types (IMAGE)

The University of Hong Kong

Feather Types

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Pterosaurs had at least four feather types: filaments, filament bunches, tufted filaments and down feathers. Scale bars in photos a-d are: 100μm, 200μm, 500μm and 1mm.

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