The Mystery of Body Coloration in Mesozoic Mammaliaforms
- 演化之聲
- Mar 14
- 3 min read
Body coloration plays an important role in the behavior, physiology, and habitats of animals, and mammals are no exception. Modern mammals display a wide variety of colors and patterns. Yet the coloration of early mammaliaforms that lived during the Mesozoic Era has long remained largely unknown.
A recent study addressed this question by analyzing the coloration of six Mesozoic mammaliaforms discovered in northeastern China. These fossils span a long time interval, from the Middle Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous, covering more than forty million years. This temporal range provides valuable insight into the early evolutionary history of mammalian coloration.
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