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Description: Figure 1 Sinosauropteryx prima Fossils and Interpretive Drawings The plumage distribution is mapped out across each specimen, with feathers shown in brown, internal soft tissues and pigment from the eyes shaded gray, and vertebrate stomach contents in light blue. See also Figures S1 and S2. (A) NIGP 127586 counterpart to the holotype. (B) Interpretive drawing of NIGP 127586. (C) Reconstructed transverse section through the abdomen of NIGP 127586. (D) NIGP 127587. (E) Interpretive drawing of NIGP 127587. (F) Reconstructed cross-section through the abdomen of NIGP 127587. Scale bars represent 50 mm. Abdominal transverse sections not to scale.
Title: Sinosauropteryx-1
Credit: Smithwick, F.M.; Nicholls, R.; Cuthill, I.C.; Vinther, J. (2017). "Countershading and Stripes in the Theropod Dinosaur Sinosauropteryx Reveal Heterogeneous Habitats in the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota". Current Biology. DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2017.09.032.
Author: Fiann M. Smithwick, Robert Nicholls, Innes C. Cuthill, Jakob Vinther
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