Fossil pigments reveal the colors of ancient sea monsters - During - TopicsExpress



          

Fossil pigments reveal the colors of ancient sea monsters - During the Age of the dinosaurs, huge reptiles, such as mosasaurs and ichthyosaurs, ruled the seas. Previously, scientists could only guess what colors these spectacular animals had; however, pigment preserved in fossilized skin has now been analyzed. The unique soft tissue remains were obtained from a 55 million-year-old leatherback turtle, an 85 million-year-old mosasaur and a 196–190 million-year-old ichthyo... ow.ly/2CLNS6
Posted on: Wed, 08 Jan 2014 23:36:39 +0000

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