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Published online 8 July 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.940
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Fossilized feathers may hold a trace of colour
Pigment remains might help to discern colours and patterns in feathered dinosaurs.
The remains of pigments have been spotted in a fossilized bird feather. The work could point the way to determining the colour of feathers on long-extinct creatures, from birds to dinosaurs.
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