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Re: More evidence of dinosaur colors



On Mon, Feb 8th, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Dr Ronald Orenstein 
<ron.orenstein@rogers.com> wrote:

> This raises a question I asked earlier on this list - is there any
> way to check fossil feathers for structural colours (say a nice
> iridescent gloss on Anchiornis?)

Judging by the following links, I'd say it's quite possibl.

Eocene fossil feathers:
http://www.yale.edu/eeb/prum/pdf/Vinther%20et%20al%202010.pdf

50-million-year-old beetle:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/08/0818_030818_beetlefossil.html

370 million year old placoderm:
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/277/5328/905b

525 million year old Burgess Shale organsism:
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/about-us/news/2006/mar/news_7834.html


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Dann Pigdon
GIS Specialist                         Australian Dinosaurs
Melbourne, Australia               http://home.alphalink.com.au/~dannj
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