Pennaceous feather

The rectrix and remex seen above are two examples of pennaceous feathers.
An ostrich down feather is an example of a plumulaceous feather. Its rudimentary rhachis with long flexible barbs and elongate barbules cannot form vanes.

The pennaceous feather is a type of feather present in most modern birds and in some other species of maniraptoriform dinosaurs.

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