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Dinosaurs like Diplodocus may have been as colourful as birds

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Skin fossils from a sauropod dinosaur examined with an electron microscope feature structures called melanosomes, which are similar to those that create the bright colours in birds' feathers

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Dinosaurs like Diplodocus may have been as colourful as birds

Skin fossils from a sauropod dinosaur examined with an electron microscope feature structures called melanosomes, which are similar to those that create the bright colours in birds' feathers

·Baltimore, United States
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Scientists have discovered that dinosaurs, including Diplodocus, could have been colorful like birds. A study of the fossilized skin of a 145-million-year-old sauropod has revealed the presence of different melanosomes. This suggests that dinosaurs could have had a variety of colors, similar to modern birds.

·Kyiv, Ukraine
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