Fossilized melanosomes and the colour of Cretaceous dinosaurs and birds

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	Fossilized melanosomes and the colour of Cretaceous dinosaurs and birds
	Zhang, Fucheng(张福成); Kearns, Stuart L.; Orr, Patrick J.; Benton, Michael J.; Zhou, Zhonghe(周忠和); Johnson, Diane; Xu, Xing(徐星); Wang, Xiaolin(汪筱林); [email protected]
	2010
发表期刊	NATURE
ISSN	0028-0836
卷号	463 期号:7284 页码:1075—1078
摘要	Spectacular fossils from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Group(1,2) of northeastern China have greatly expanded our knowledge of the diversity and palaeobiology of dinosaurs and early birds, and contributed to our understanding of the origin of birds, of flight, and of feathers. Pennaceous (vaned) feathers and integumentary filaments are preserved in birds(3-5) and non-avian theropod dinosaurs(6-12), but little is known of their microstructure. Here we report that melanosomes (colour-bearing organelles) are not only preserved in the pennaceous feathers of early birds, but also in an identical manner in integumentary filaments of non-avian dinosaurs, thus refuting recent claims(13-16) that the filaments are partially decayed dermal collagen fibres. Examples of both eumelanosomes and phaeomelanosomes have been identified, and they are often preserved in life position within the structure of partially degraded feathers and filaments. Furthermore, the data here provide empirical evidence for reconstructing the colours and colour patterning of these extinct birds and theropod dinosaurs: for example, the dark-coloured stripes on the tail of the theropod dinosaur Sinosauropteryx can reasonably be inferred to have exhibited chestnut to reddish-brown tones.
关键词	Integumentary Structures Feathered Dinosaurs Theropod Dinosaur Yixian Formation Collagen-fibers China Evolution Origin Protofeathers
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/4597
专题	中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后）
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推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhang, Fucheng,Kearns, Stuart L.,Orr, Patrick J.,et al. Fossilized melanosomes and the colour of Cretaceous dinosaurs and birds[J]. NATURE,2010,463(7284):1075—1078.
APA	Zhang, Fucheng.,Kearns, Stuart L..,Orr, Patrick J..,Benton, Michael J..,Zhou, Zhonghe.,[email protected].(2010).Fossilized melanosomes and the colour of Cretaceous dinosaurs and birds.NATURE,463(7284),1075—1078.
MLA	Zhang, Fucheng,et al."Fossilized melanosomes and the colour of Cretaceous dinosaurs and birds".NATURE 463.7284(2010):1075—1078.

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