Tag Archive for 'Pycnofiber'

An artist’s reconstruction of Tupandactylus imperator, showing the feather types along the bottom of the headcrest: dark monofilaments and lighter-colored branched feathers. Image credit: Bob Nicholls.

Pterosaurs Could Control Their Color Using Melanin Pigments

Apr 20, 2022 by News Staff

Paleontologists have examined the fossilized headcrest of Tupandactylus imperator, a species of tapejarid pterosaur that lived in north-eastern Brazil...

An artist’s impression of a bald pterosaur and a feathered pterosaur. Image credit: Megan Jacobs, University of Portsmouth.

New Research Refutes Claims that Pterosaurs Had Protofeathers

Sep 29, 2020 by News Staff

Dr. David Unwin from the University of Leicester and University of Portsmouth’s Professor Dave Martill believe Mesozoic flying reptiles called pterosaurs...

Reconstruction of one of the studied Yanliao Biota pterosaurs, with four different feather types over its head, neck, body, and wings, and a generally ginger-brown color. Image credit: Yuan Zhang.

Pterosaurs Had Four Types of Feathers, New Study Shows

Dec 18, 2018 by News Staff

Pterosaurs lived side by side with dinosaurs, some 230 to 66 million years ago. They were the first vertebrates to achieve true flapping flight, but in...