Evolutionary BiologyeLifePeer-reviewed
Iridescent structural coloration in a crested Cretaceous enantiornithine bird from Jehol Biota
Zhiheng Li, Jinsheng Hu, Thomas A. Stidham…·Julia A. Clarke
The paper estimates the iridescent color range of a Cretaceous bird's crest feathers using fossil melanosome structure and modeling, suggesting a signaling and behavioral function.
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