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Description: Photographs of Confuciusornis soft tissue under laser fluorescence from IVPP V13156. (A) Wing showing propatagium. Scale bar = 5 mm. (B) Wing showing postpatagium. Scale bar = 5 mm. (C) Line drawing of a modern Gallus gallus wing showing outline of patagium in relation to the bones of the forelimb, dorsal view. (D) Line drawing of a modern Gallus gallus wing showing outline of patagium in relation to the bones of the forelimb, ventral view. (C) and (D) by Elizabeth Myers.
Title: Confuciusornis patagia
Credit: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0167284
Author: Amanda R. Falk, Thomas G. Kaye, Zhonghe Zhou, David A. Burnham
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution 2.5
License: CC BY 2.5
License Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5
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