Feather Composite (IMAGE)

Society of Vertebrate Paleontology

Feather Composite

Caption

This is an image of the fossil feather, imprints of melanosomes (pigment structures), and reconstruction of the matte black feather.

Credit

Museum für Naturkunde Berlin/Ryan Carney

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Please contact Ryan Carney for permission.

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