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English: Illustration of the theropod dinosaur Sinosauropteryx, a close relative to Compsognathus. The colour pattern is based on two studies on melanosomes preserved in fossils.[1][2][3][4]

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  1. ↑ Zhang F et.al. (2010). "Fossilized melanosomes and the colour of Cretaceous dinosaurs and birds". Nature 463(7284): p. 1075-1078
  2. ↑ O'Donoghue J (30/1/2010). "Feathered dinosaurs show their true colours". New Science issue 2745: [1]
  3. ↑ Martyniuk M. "The Colour and the Shape". DinoGosss 26/8/2009
  4. ↑ Smithwick F.M. et.al. (2017). "Countershading and Stripes in the Theropod Dinosaur Sinosauropteryx Reveal Heterogeneous Habitats in the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota". Current Biology 27(21): p. 3337-3343: doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.09.032
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