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| A feather in amber from the Upper Cretaceous of New Jersey. American Museum novitates ; no. 3126 |
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| Title: | A feather in amber from the Upper Cretaceous of New Jersey. American Museum novitates ; no. 3126 |
| Authors: | Grimaldi, David A. Case, Gerard Ramon. |
| Issue Date: | 1995 |
| Publisher: | New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History |
| Series/Report no.: | American Museum novitates ; no. 3126 |
| Abstract: | "A feather 7.5 mm long is reported here in amber from the lower part of the Raritan Formation (Turonian, ca. 90-94 million years old [myo]), of central New Jersey. It is probably a semiplume, and is as yet unassigned to any group of birds. The specimen represents the second record of a feather in Cretaceous amber, and, like the first, is of interest because of the intricately preserved detail and the phylogenetic significance of Cretaceous birds. This is the oldest record of a bird from a terrestrial deposit in North America, and presumably the oldest record of a terrestrial bird. A brief review of fossil feathers is given, including those in amber"--P. [1]. |
| Description: | 6 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 5-6). |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2246/3571 |
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