Stripes? Spots? Scientists have new way to see what dinosaurs looked like on the outside
by Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times
Oct 26, 2017
2 minutes
Scientists studying ancient fossils of a small feathered dinosaur have discovered that it had a bandit's mask as well as a striped tail, rather like today's raccoons.
The eye-catching plumage of Sinosauropteryx, described in the journal Current Biology, illuminates the life and behavior of these ancient animals and sheds light on the diversity of the landscapes they inhabited.
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