Fossilized Coprolite Feather & Paleornithology Analyzer

Microscopic Feather Barbule Viewport SPECIMEN: COP-2026-CNN

Direct Paleontological Action: Drag and click across the microscopic canvas to inspect barbule pennaceous interlocking hooklets. Toggle UV fluorescence (365nm) or Acid Wash dissolution to strip phosphatic matrix.

MAG: 120x

RES: 0.48 µm/px

MODE: OPTICAL

BARB DENSITY: 42.5 /mm

Excitation Lighting

Magnification 120x

Matrix Dissolution 0%

Preservation Matrix: Carnivorously Excreted Phosphatic Coprolite Melanosomes: Eumelanin Granules Preserved Research Context: Late Cretaceous Hell Creek & Liaoning strata

K-Pg Mass Extinction Survival Telemetry 66.04 Ma IMPACT WINTER

Predicted K-Pg Survival

89.4%

High Resilience (Crown Clade)

Thermal Insulation Index

0.82

Sufficient for -15°C Impact Freeze

Barbule Density

42.5 /mm

Micro-CT Interlocking Count

Dietary Resilience

88 / 100

Granivore / Seed Reserve

Feather Barbule Density (Barbs/mm) 42.5

Plumage Thermal Insulation Index (0 - 1.0) 0.82

Feeding Ecology / Post-Impact Food Source Granivore/Insectivore

Nesting & Roosting Stratum Ground-Sheltered Burrow

Clade Vulnerability Comparison

Avian Clade	Dental/Beak	Ecology	Insulation	K-Pg Fate
COP-2026-CNN (Neornithes)	Toothless Beak	Granivore / Ground	High (0.82)	89.4% SURVIVED
Enantiornithines ("Opposite")	Toothed Jaws	Arboreal Foliage	Low-Mid (0.35)	0.0% EXTINCT
Hesperornithes (Diving)	Toothed	Marine Fish	Dense Plumage	0.0% EXTINCT
Vegavis Ancestor (Anseriform)	Sieve Beak	Aquatic Benthic	High Downy	74.2% SURVIVED