<i>Eocoracias brachyptera</i> Fossil Sample (IMAGE)

University of Bristol

<i>Eocoracias brachyptera</i> Fossil Sample

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Eocoracias brachyptera fossil sample used for this study. The rich black texture on the surface is fossilized plumage of the bird. Fossil is stored at Senckenberg Research Institute.

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Sven Traenkner, photographer at the Senckenberg Research Institute and Nature Museum in Frankfurt.

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