FIGURE 2. Line drawings and close-up photographs of Epidexipteryx hui gen. et sp. nov.
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A bizarre Jurassic maniraptoran from China with elongate ribbon-like feathers
Fucheng Zhang, Zhonghe Zhou, Xing Xu, Xiaolin Wang & Corwin Sullivan
Nature 455, 1105-1108(23 October 2008)
doi:10.1038/nature07447
a, Skeleton and feather outline, based on both main slab and counterslab, showing that each shafted feather is formed by central rachis and two unbranched vanes (a'). b, d, d', Proximal regions of non-shafted feathers; barbs are parallel and closely united as an unbranched membranous structure (d, d'), vanes are either layered, indicated by white arrows (b), or arranged irregularly (c). The red arrow indicates the proximal end of the feather (d). e, e', f, Distal regions of non-shafted feathers, in which barbs appear loosely parallel. Abbreviations: as+ca, astragalus and calcaneum; ce, cervical vertebrae; co, coracoid; cv, caudal vertebrae; dt3+4, distal tarsals 3 and 4; f, frontal; fe, femur; fi, fibula; ga, gastralia; hu, humerus; il, ilium; is, ischium; ma, mandible; mtI–IV, metatarsals I–IV; p, phalanges or metacarpals; pa, parietal; pm, premaxilla; pu, pubis; q, quadrate; r, ribs; ra, radius; rc, rachis; sc, scapula; st, sternum; ti, tibia; tv, thoracic vertebrae; u, ungual phalanges; ul, ulna; uv, unbranched vane.
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