| Title |
The Extent of the Preserved Feathers on the Four-Winged Dinosaur Microraptor gui under Ultraviolet Light
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, February 2010
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0009223 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
David W. E. Hone, Helmut Tischlinger, Xing Xu, Fucheng Zhang |
| Abstract |
The holotype of the theropod non-avian dinosaur Microraptor gui from the Early Cretaceous of China shows extensive preservation of feathers in a halo around the body and with flight feathers associated with both the fore and hindlimbs. It has been questioned as to whether or not the feathers did extend into the halo to reach the body, or had disassociated and moved before preservation. This taxon has important implications for the origin of flight in birds and the possibility of a four-winged gliding phase. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 36% |
| Spain | 1 | 7% |
| Canada | 1 | 7% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 6 | 43% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 11 | 79% |
| Scientists | 3 | 21% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 5 | 5% |
| Chile | 2 | 2% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Argentina | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 3 | 3% |
| Unknown | 92 | 84% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 22 | 20% |
| Student > Bachelor | 19 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 12% |
| Researcher | 10 | 9% |
| Other | 8 | 7% |
| Other | 22 | 20% |
| Unknown | 15 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 43 | 39% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 43 | 39% |
| Environmental Science | 3 | 3% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 2% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 17 | 16% |