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Ancient dinosaur had stripes, researchers say

Thursday, February 04, 2010 4:02:25 PM
By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID

This undated handout image provided by the National Geographic Society shows a  Anchiornis huxleyi, in flying colors. Just days after one group of researchers reported that some dinosaurs had russet-colored feathers, another set of scientists says their ancient fossil appears to have had a Mohawk crest and stripes. The reports are the first to confidently assign colors to dinosaurs, long a subject of speculation among researchers and school children. (AP Photo/National Geographic Society)WASHINGTON (AP) - Some dinosaurs had russet-colored feathers, and one jazzy specimen had a Mohawk crest and stripes, researchers say in the first reports to confidently assign colors to dinosaurs.

Their colors have long been a subject of speculation among researchers and schoolchildren.

In the new study, reported in Thursday's online edition of the journal Science, scientists focused on melanosomes, which impart color.


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