Facebook Twitter Pinterest The most accurate reconstruction yet made of a dinosaur: Psittacosaurus by Robert Nicholls. The relatively large brain of Psittacosaurus leads scientists to suspect it may have been a relatively smart dinosaur, with complex behaviours. “Jakob called me one morning in 2014 and asked if I was interested in reconstructing a fossil dinosaur with accurate colour patterns. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Countershading in gazelle and roe deer fur patterns. It is an important defence strategy in modern animals.”To examine countershading in their Psittacosaurus, Nicholls created a second, plain grey model without pattern.

Source: The Guardian September 14, 2016 16:15 UTC