Fully fledged enantiornithine hatchling revealed by Laser-Stimulated Fluorescence supports precocial nesting behavior
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UAM. Departamento de BiologíaPublisher
Nature Publishing GroupDate
2019-03-21Citation
10.1038/s41598-019-41423-7
Scientific Reports 9.1 (2019): 5006
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2045-2322DOI
10.1038/s41598-019-41423-7Funded by
We would like to thank the Museo de Paleontología de Castilla-La Mancha, Cuenca, Spain for access to MPCM-LH-26189. M.P. was supported by the University of Hong Kong, including funding for the MOOC course Dinosaur Ecosystems. A.D.B., J.M.L. and H.M.A. were supported by project CGL2013-42643P from MINECO, SpainProject
Gobierno de España. CGL2013-42643PEditor's Version
https://doi.org/10.3390/min9030144Subjects
Enantiornithine bird; Biología y Biomedicina / BiologíaRights
© 2019, The Author(s)Abstract
Laser-Stimulated Fluorescence (LSF) is used to identify fully fledged feathering in the hatchling enantiornithine bird specimen MPCM-LH-26189, supporting precocial nesting behavior in this extinct group. The LSF results include the detection of a long pennaceous wing feather as well as cover feathers around the body. The LSF technique showed improved detection limits over and above synchrotron and UV imaging which had both been performed on this specimen. The findings underscore the value of using a wide range of analytical techniques
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Google Scholar:Kaye, Thomas G.
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Pittman, Michael
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Marugán Lobón, Jesús Carlos
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Martín-Abad, Hugo
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Sanz Martín, José Luis
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Delgado Buscalioni, Ángela
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