PhysOrg Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 A study provides multiple lines of new evidence that pigments and the microbodies that produce them can remain evident in a dinosaur fossil. In the journal Scientific Reports, an international team of paleontologists correlates the distinct chemical signature of animal pigment with physical evidence of melanosome organelles in the fossilized feathers of Anchiornis huxleyi, a bird-like dinosaur that died about 150 million years ago in China. Read the full article on PhysOrg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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