Time: 122 million years ago
Place: NE China
Picture: This dinosaur’s size.
This is Sinosauropteryx. This is because scientists have analyzed a million year old feather and found the organic materials that tell them the color of it. For the first time, a scientifically accurate color picture of a dinosaur can be produced.
I got this story from the National Geographic Magazine. Since the pictures are copyrighted, you’ll have to click here to see it. The public domain pictures of this fascinating creature are now obsolete.
This story reminds me of an interesting facet of the Age of the Dinosaurs: the birds lived then and survived. Indeed, Sinosauropteryx was a feathered dinosaur, himself!
More information: Time Line, Sinosauropteryx.
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