References / paperPlumage color patterns of an extinct dinosaur
Li, Q.; Gao, K.-Q.; Vinther, J.; et al.
Year2010
Source roleprimary-study
DOI / ID10.1126/science.1186290
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morphology · methods
Melanosome geometry and distribution in BMNHC PH828 support a statistical plumage-colour reconstruction; the tail was reconstructed from another specimen and exact colours are not direct observations.
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morphology · mediumMelanosome 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.
claim:event:anchiornis-plumage-melanosomes