True-Color Dinosaur Pictures: First Full-Body Rendering - Dino-pecker?

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[JoeProBono]

For the first time, scientists have decoded the full-body color patterns of a dinosaur—the 155-million-year-old Anchiornis huxleyi (pictured)—a new study in the journal Science says.

That may sound familiar, given last week's announcement of the first scientifically verified dinosaur color scheme.

But the previous research, published in Nature, had found pigments only on a few isolated parts of dinosaurs (see pictures)—and had used less rigorous methods for assigning colors to the fossilized, filament-like "protofeathers" found on some dinosaur specimens, say authors of the new report.

[JoeProBono]

See a new 3-D National Geographic animation of Anchiornis

[A CA Guy]

Is the the “Little Richard”?

[humblegunner]

Dino-Pecker would be a great name for a band.

Or a porn star.

[maggief]

Dino-pecker?

I was expecting another Juan McCain thread.

[Cacique]

btt

[cajuncow]

That’s the ivory-billed woodpecker from eastern Arkansas.

[fish hawk]

That would be RINO pecker (head)

[JoeProBono]

[eggman]

I would guess they taste like chicken too.

[muleskinner]

Thought to be extinct, I believe one was sighted a year ago

[JoeProBono]

The color patterns on Anchiornis's limbs are "quite similar to the silver-spangled Hamburg chicken [pictured], a domestic breed of ornamental chicken,"

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Got dumplings ?

[ClearCase_guy]

scientifically verified dinosaur color scheme

Joining the long list of BS being pushed as science.

[Kirkwood]

And how would you know it is BS?

[martin_fierro]

Was just gonna say that!

[JoeProBono]

[ohiobuckeye1997]

[dangus]

That would be a Dino-rino. You owe the oracle an Obama Llama.

[goat granny]

Polish chickens are really neat........

[JoeProBono]