Cretaceous bird find holds new color clue
First evidence of pigment pods embedded in keratin found in fossil feathers
![fossil of Eoconfuciusornis](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/112116_MR_birdfossil_main.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
OLD BIRD In the feathers of a new specimen of Eoconfuciusornis lies evidence of pigment-containing pods, and the matrix they were embedded in.
Xiaoli Wang