A feather in amber from the Upper Cretaceous of New Jersey

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Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3126

By

Grimaldi, David A.

Case, Gerard R.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, c1995

Notes

Caption title.

"April 5, 1995."

"A feather 7.5 mm long is reported here in amber from the lower part of the Raritan Formation (Turonian, ca. 90-94 million years old [myo]), of central New Jersey. It is probably a semiplume, and is as yet unassigned to any group of birds. The specimen represents the second record of a feather in Cretaceous amber, and, like the first, is of interest because of the intricately preserved detail and the phylogenetic significance of Cretaceous birds. This is the oldest record of a bird from a terrestrial deposit in North America, and presumably the oldest record of a terrestrial bird. A brief review of fossil feathers is given, including those in amber"--P. [1].

Subjects

Amber fossils , Birds, Fossil , Cretaceous , Feathers, Fossil , New Jersey , Paleontology

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3126, 1995

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 32344811