Confuciusornis Imaged with LSF (IMAGE)

The University of Hong Kong

Confuciusornis Imaged with LSF

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Figure 2. A specimen of the early beaked bird Confuciusornis imaged with the HKU-codeveloped imaging technique, Laser-Stimulated Fluorescence (LSF). The rhamphotheca or 'soft beak' (fingernail-like coating of the bony beak) is the reddish-brown shape on the right of the image.

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Michael Pittman & Thomas G Kaye.

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