5 amazing facts about fossil animals

in #animals7 years ago

In the depths of our hearts, we are grateful for the fact that prehistoric monsters died out millions of years ago, leaving us a legacy of this amazing planet. However, some facts about dinosaurs make us regret that they disappeared.

5 . Dinosaur eggs were colorful

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Dinosaurs were much more vivid than they are shown in movies. And even eggs they carried colorful. For example, the eggs of the oviraptor were colored in soothing green-blue tones. The age of such a discovery made in China is about 67 million years.

4 . Synapsides could not sleep at night

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About 300 million years ago, before the advent of dinosaurs, the Earth was inhabited by synapsides - the ancestors of mammals with features of lizards. Preserved okolaglaznye bone rings of these creatures allowed scientists to judge their nightlife. What is very strange: the first mammals began to hunt at night, in order to avoid meeting with dinosaurs.

3. Rodic ti-rex and flies did not offend

The newly discovered Chilesaurus diegosuarezi is cousin to a formidable tyrannosaur, although his appearance evokes a smile rather than horror. And that's right: after all, the ti-rex kinsman was a convinced vegetarian. And the largest representative of the species reached ridiculous 3 meters in length.

2. The ancient snakes had legs

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All the snakes, who lived in the humid southern climate about 130 million years ago, differed little from the modern heirs.

1 . Early birds resembled bats

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Yi qi or "strange wing" - as the creature who lived in the second half of the Jurassic period called it paleontologists. His long fingers were covered with a membrane, which made the creature look like a modern bat.

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