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Fossilized melanosomes and the colour of Cretaceous dinosaurs and birds

2010299 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Fucheng Zhang · Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology

Stuart Kearns · University of Bristol

Patrick J. Orr · University College Dublin

Michael J. Benton · University of Bristol

Zhonghe Zhou · Chinese Academy of Sciences

Diane Johnson · The Open University

Topics & Keywords

Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology Optical measurement and interference techniques

Publication Details

Published in: Nature

Volume 463, Issue 7284, pp. 1075-1078

DOI: 10.1038/nature08740

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 34.44

· Chinese Academy of Sciences

Xiaolin Wang · Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology

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