A feather in amber from the Upper Cretaceous of New Jersey. American Museum novitates ; no. 3126
| dc.contributor.author | Grimaldi, David A. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Case, Gerard Ramon. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2005-10-06T17:07:07Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2005-10-06T17:07:07Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1995 | en_US |
| dc.description | 6 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. | en_US |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (p. 5-6). | en_US |
| dc.description.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]. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 1987792 bytes | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2246/3571 | |
| dc.language | eng | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | American Museum novitates ; no. 3126 | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcc | QL1 .A436 no.3126, 1995 | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Feathers, Fossil -- New Jersey. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Birds, Fossil -- New Jersey. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Amber fossils -- New Jersey. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Paleontology -- Cretaceous -- New Jersey. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Paleontology -- New Jersey. | en_US |
| dc.title | A feather in amber from the Upper Cretaceous of New Jersey. American Museum novitates ; no. 3126 | en_US |
| dc.type | text | en_US |
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