Reassessment of the Wing Feathers of Archaeopteryx lithographica Suggests No Robust Evidence for the Presence of Elongated Dorsal Wing Coverts

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About the Authors

Robert L. Nudds

* E-mail: robert.nudds@manchester.ac.uk

Affiliation Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

Conceived and designed the experiments: RLN. Performed the experiments: RLN. Analyzed the data: RLN. Wrote the paper: RLN.

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