Composite Skull? (IMAGE)

University of Kansas

Composite Skull?

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Is this Microraptor skull a composite? (A) The skull under white light shows subtle color differences. (B) Under laser-light stimulation, the bone fluoresces from differences in fossil mineralogy, indicating the skull is likely a composite.

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KU News Service/University of Kansas

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