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Using a Thermal Camera to Measure Heat Loss Through Bird Feather Coats
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No protofeathers on pterosaurs
David M Unwin1, David M Martill2
1Centre for Palaeobiology Research, School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK. dmu1@le.ac.uk.
Nature Ecology & Evolution
|September 29, 2020
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