The birdlike dinosaur Microraptor wore black — with a hint of blue. That means the dinosaur, which spread its four wings more than 120 million years ago, sported the oldest iridescent feathers discovered to date, an international team of researchers reports in the March 9 Science.
Fossilized Microraptor remains have revealed the color of the birdlike dinosaur’s plumage: black with a touch of iridescent blue.
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