The Isolated <em>Archaeopteryx</em> Feather (IMAGE)

The University of Hong Kong

The Isolated <em>Archaeopteryx</em> Feather

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The isolated Archaeopteryx feather is the first fossil feather ever discovered. Top image, the feather as it looks today under white light. Middle image, the original drawing from 1862 by Hermann von Meyer. Bottom image, Laser-Stimulated Fluorescence (LSF) showing the halo of the missing quill. Scale bar is 1cm.

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