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Hollow fossil melanosomes suggest earliest appearance of brilliant iridescent color in bird feather

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2022-01-19

SEM and TEM observations of the feathers on an Early Cretaceous basal bird Eoconfuciusornis, from 130-million-year old lake deposits in Fengning, Hebei Province in northern China, present the earliest record of hollow melansomes from feathers.

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https://phys.org/news/2022-01-hollow-fossil-melanosomes-earliest-brilliant.html