Re: [Darren Naish: New archaeopterygid and early macronarian papers]

[Phil Bigelow <bigelowp@juno.com>]

On Mon, 15 May 2006 14:18:40 +0100 mike@miketaylor.org.uk (Mike Taylor)
writes:
> I forward this message from Darren Naish, in which he unvails 

> Tischlinger, H. 2005. Neue Information zum Berliner 
> Exemplar von _Archaeopteryx lithographica_ H. v, Meyer 
> 1861. _Archaeopteryx_ 23, 33-50.
> 
> New historical data on the Berlin specimen, but most 
> noteworthy is new UV data on the specimen. Outstanding 
> photos reveal.... a complete postorbital bar! It's clearly 
> there, forming a gently concave caudal margin to the orbit. 
> Outstanding. So much for 'Dollo's law' and the 
> confuciusornithids.


Apologies in advance to those who will receive this post twice.

Did Tischlinger happen to note the wavelength of the UV light used?  I'm
sort of "in" to that kind of stuff (monospectral illumination/photography
of fossil slabs)..  Does anyone know of any paleontology papers on this
subject?

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