Reconstruction of the Rhampotheca (IMAGE)

The University of Hong Kong

Reconstruction of the Rhampotheca

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Figure 3. Reconstruction of the rhampotheca ('soft beak') of Confuciusornis from Figure 2. Dotted lines and grey areas are missing or unclear details in the fossil. The pink shape is the current position of the rhamphotheca, the red shape is its original position in life.

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Case Vincent Miller & Michael Pittman.

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