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A Montana fossil find shows juvenile Diplodocus skin preserved with melanosomes indicating a speckled, camouflaged appearance rather than a dull tone, suggesting color patterns helped avoid predators and offering new insights into dinosaur appearance and behavior.
Fossilized skin from a juvenile Diplodocus reveals two melanosome shapes in two skin layers, hinting at a speckled pattern with dark and light-reflective patches. While exact hues can’t be determined from preserved pigments, this marks the first physical evidence of color-producing structures in sauropod skin and suggests textured, camouflaged appearances for long-necked dinosaurs around 150 million years ago.
Scientists have discovered preserved melanosomes in Diplodocus fossils, revealing that the dinosaur likely had a speckled, possibly iridescent appearance, challenging previous depictions of its dull coloration.