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Pennaceous feathers on the wing, and elsewhere that stresses related to flight or other activities are high, are accordingly attached especially strongly. This strong attachment is accomplished by ligaments under the skin, which in some birds and other
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Zelenitsky, D. K.; Therrien, F.; Erickson, G. M.; Debuhr, C. L.; Kobayashi, Y.; Eberth, D. A.; Hadfield, F. (2012). "Feathered Non-Avian Dinosaurs from North America Provide Insight into Wing Origins".
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The barbules are tiny strands that criss-cross on the flattened sides of the barbs. This forms a miniature
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species, and can also indirectly indicate the number of secondary remiges in a given specimen.
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having an umbilical groove on its underside. Pennaceous feathers have a rachis with
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spreading to either side. These vanes are composed of a high number of flattened
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Non-downy feather with vanes composed of many interlocking barbules
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A Kovalev, AE Filippov, SN Gorb (2014) Unzipping bird feathers.
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results in raised bumps or marks along the rear forelimb bone (
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Turner, A.H.; Makovicky, P.J.; Norell, M.A. (2007).
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seen above are two examples of pennaceous feathers.
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Index

Pennaceous

rectrix
remex

ostrich
plumulaceous feather
feather
birds
maniraptoriform
dinosaurs
feather
rachis
barbs
barbules
velcro
feathered dinosaurs
ulna
fossil
Flight feathers
remiges
rectrices
adapted
loadings
flight
Pin feather
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