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Title: True Dinosaur Colors
Post by: allosaurus on June 08, 2011, 08:24:05 AM
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/100127-dinosaur-feathers-colors-nature/

Check this out!  I'm SO surprised I didn't hear of it sooner!


... And I laugh in the faces of people who up until now, despite new information, still thought dinosaurs were 'dull' colors!  Ha!  HAH!  >:D
....... No, I'm nicer than that.   %)
Title: Re: True Dinosaur Colors
Post by: allosaurus on June 08, 2011, 08:27:35 AM
... And a few days earlier, I learned that they indeed had managed a full-body color rendering of Anchiornis.

(http://scienceblogs.com/notrocketscience/upload/2010/02/the_renaissance_of_technicolour_dinosaurs_continues_and_the/Anchiornis-_colours.jpg)

Actually quite beautiful, don't you think?  :kiss:
Title: Re: True Dinosaur Colors
Post by: fimoman on June 08, 2011, 09:39:24 AM
Very pretty. I've always found it a bit hard to believe the whole dinosaur feathers idea, but after seeing theorised depictions, it does work a bit more. At least the things still look like dinosaurs, like Velocirapt...

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Velociraptor_dinoguy2.jpg)

Ah geez.

Still, it is pretty nice to see a full colour rendition. Must have been a pretty vibrant spectacle. It kinda lends credibility to the creatures in Avatar, with all their resplendent colours.
Title: Re: True Dinosaur Colors
Post by: InmemoryofRomeo on June 08, 2011, 03:15:31 PM
Interesting arcticle :) I always found it hard to accept that all Dinos were drab colours, but now there is some evidence to prove otherwise :)
Title: Re: True Dinosaur Colors
Post by: RedwoodsMama on June 08, 2011, 07:08:18 PM
 I recently bought a beautiful book about the "early" dinosaurs. or feathered birds, so I could use it as a reference for painting Pleos. Here are some of the pictures from my book I would like to share with you. The information that goes along with each of these guys makes for interesting reading as well.
 

                                             RedwoodsMama
Title: Re: True Dinosaur Colors
Post by: fancyfont on June 08, 2011, 10:16:38 PM
Allo, I saw that in the National Geographic. It is a very interesting article.. Caught my attention, immediately. :)
Title: Re: True Dinosaur Colors
Post by: allosaurus on June 09, 2011, 07:41:32 AM
I'm just sort of embarrassed that I, the paleontologist-to-be, did not hear of this sooner!  ^-^
Title: Re: True Dinosaur Colors
Post by: latrine on June 09, 2011, 09:01:31 PM
It's great to see and I believe it but, as of now, how are they able to show us these gorgeous colored feathers, I didn't see anything about preserved color pigment, at least not the more flamboyant colors, although I bet they probably were very similar in behavior and color to some of the more intelligent birds (depending on species) as I can see some of the newly discovered behaviors they are learning dinosaurs may have had, in the ways the different species of large parrots I've had in my life.  I just wonder how they are getting the colors in RWM's book, are they just guessing at this point? 
Really cool info, thanks for sharing it..

- Sarah
Title: Re: True Dinosaur Colors
Post by: allosaurus on June 09, 2011, 10:17:51 PM
Quote from: latrine on June 09, 2011, 09:01:31 PM
......  I just wonder how they are getting the colors in RWM's book, are they just guessing at this point? 

Pure speculation, I do believe.
Title: Re: True Dinosaur Colors
Post by: grin06 on June 12, 2011, 04:45:48 AM
Quote from: RedwoodsMama on June 08, 2011, 07:08:18 PM
I recently bought a beautiful book about the "early" dinosaurs. or feathered birds, so I could use it as a reference for painting Pleos. Here are some of the pictures from my book I would like to share with you. The information that goes along with each of these guys makes for interesting reading as well.
 

                                             RedwoodsMama
Hi Pelo Lady, so many dinosaur pictures in that book, yes I do believe they are more than grey, dull colour that the creatures had. If we were given a chance to go back to their era we would be so thrilled, really hope Jurassic Park projects in Dubai would become a reality.
Title: Re: True Dinosaur Colors
Post by: latrine on June 12, 2011, 02:53:29 PM
I dunno, that T-Rex running through the city might put me off a little bit.. Even a normal sized 40,000 ton Camarasaurus might squish us accidentally when it was trying to do the 'ta-da' trick. but it'd still be pretty  ;)

- Sarah

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