• cattywampas@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      I am saddened that we will probably never know about not only all the cool colors and feathers that dinosaurs had, but also the various fleshy structures that they also probably had.

      • Klear@quokk.auEnglish
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        5 months ago

        We do, actually! Recent research proved there are melanosomes in some fossils/imprints, which were previously thought to be bacteria. This gives us a fairly good idea of the colouring of certain species. Check out this sinosauropteryx:

        I highly recommend reading the book Dinosaurs: New Visions of a Lost World. It’s fun to read, has amazing illustrations and was written by one of the people who discovered this.