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Comment
. 2012 Feb 17;335(6070):796; author reply 796.
doi: 10.1126/science.1216484.

Comment on "A diverse assemblage of Late Cretaceous dinosaur and bird feathers from Canadian amber"

Carla J Dove  1 , Lorian C Straker
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Comment on "A diverse assemblage of Late Cretaceous dinosaur and bird feathers from Canadian amber"

Carla J Dove et al. Science. .

Abstract

McKellar et al. (Reports, 16 September 2011, p. 1619) analyzed Late Cretaceous amber specimens from Canada and identified some filaments as dinosaurian protofeathers. We argue that their analysis and data do not provide sufficient evidence to conclude that such filaments are feather-like structures. Further investigation, including destructive sampling, must be carried out for more convincing conclusions.

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