What dinosaurs' colour patterns say about their habitat

Thursday, September 15, 2016 - 07:01 in Paleontology & Archaeology

After reconstructing the colour patterns of a well-preserved dinosaur from China, researchers from the University of Bristol have found that the long-lost species Psittacosaurus (meaning "parrot lizard", a reference to its parrot-like beak) was light on its underside and darker on top.

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