Microscopic sampling of a feathered Late Jurassic paravian supports a spatially patterned plumage-colour reconstruction.
Represented range160–160 Ma
RegionsTiaojishan Formation, Liaoning, China
CladesAnchiornis huxleyi · Paraves
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morphology · medium
Melanosome geometry and distribution sampled from BMNHC PH828 support a statistical reconstruction of grey, dark, white and rufous plumage regions; exact colour, all body regions and ancestral states are not directly observed, and the tail pattern used another specimen.