Dinosaurs may have used color as camouflage
Fossilized pigment pouches tell story of ancient animal’s habitat
HIDE AND SEEK Researchers hypothesized what sort of environment a parrot-beaked herbivore called Psittacosaurus (model shown) inhabited based on fossilized pigmentment patterns.
J. Vinther et al/Current Biol. 2016
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