Dinosaurs have orange skin?

So far no one has been able to restore the color of the dinosaurs but it is entirely speculative. Recently, scientists theorized that dinosaurs are orange. One of the evidences is the well-preserved pieces of skin found in Canada and radiation tested on synchroton machines.

Scientists are trying to determine skin color and explain why dinosaur skin fossils still "survive", although 70 million years have passed.

Dinosaur skin samples and sewing researchers
lucky Mauricio Barbie.(Photo: extranotix.blogspot.com)

Physicist Mauricio Barbie, University of Regina (Canada) said he was fortunate to find the bottom of an ancient river near the city of Grand Prairie, province of Alberta some relics of duck-billed dinosaurs (hadrosaurus) live in the late Cretaceous period (100-65 million years ago). Although it has turned into a fossil, the relic is preserved so perfectly that he does not understand why.

'When we found it, I immediately thought it was a piece of skin. After that, naturally a piece fell out and indeed it was real leather. All participants excavated it with great joy and began discussing the next steps , " Barbie said.

According to Mr. Barbie, this is the third known piece of dinosaur skin science. Theoretically, it will tell us not only the appearance of the dinosaurs, but also about their way of life.

In the current literature, people often describe dinosaurs with light gray or green skin, but most likely they also have other colors. If this is proven, it is possible to elucidate which pigmented cells determine the color of the animal's skin, thereby knowing what color the dinosaurs have. So far, this new technology is used to restore the color of feathers.

Using radiation in the middle of infrared rays, Barbie and colleagues are looking for traces of organic and inorganic substances to determine the dinosaur's diet, and find out why the samples They found almost unaffected by the effects of external conditions. Because the chemical bonds of the compounds are reflected in radiation, it is well known that in dinosaur skin contains protein, carbohydrates, fat .