Note: This historical image is not a factually accurate dinosaur restoration.
Reason: Does not match latest interpretation of colouration and plumage distribution.
You may ask further questions about the accuracy of this image at the image review page of WikiProject Dinosaurs on the English Wikipedia. Note that this image may be appropriate to illustrate obsolete paleontological views.
Digital illustration of the coelurosaurian dinosaur Sinosauropteryx prima, based on the holotype specimen. Coloration and pattern follows Zhang et al 2010.
Zhang, F., Kearns, S.L., Orr, P.J., Benton, M.J., Zhou, Z., Johnson, D., Xu, X. and Wang, X. (In press). "Fossilized melanosomes and the colour of Cretaceous dinosaurs and birds." Nature, advanced online publication, 27 January 2010.
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