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18 Dec 2018 | Press Release

HKU fossil imaging helps push back feather origins by 70 million years

The pterosaur studied has four different feather types over its head, neck, body, and wings, which would have generally had a ginger-brown colour. Reconstruction by Yuan Zhang.

The pterosaur studied has four different feather types over its head, neck, body, and wings, which would have generally had a ginger-brown colour. Reconstruction by Yuan Zhang.

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