New 'Rainbow' Dinosaur May Have Sparkled Like a Hummingbird. The duck-size animal found in China had iridescent plumage all over its head and chest. By Michael Greshko. January 15, 2018 ...

'Rainbow' dinosaur had iridescent feathers like a hummingbird. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2018 / 01 / 180116095542.htm. Field Museum.

A chicken-sized, shaggy-ruffed dinosaur doesn’t really have a whole lot going for it in the looks department. But life finds a way, and a little extra splash of evocative color can do wonders ...

'Rainbow' dinosaur had iridescent feathers like a hummingbird. Field Museum. Journal Nature Communications DOI 10.1038/s41467-017-02515-y ...

This plush was introduced in 2020 along with plush versions of the TriceraTop Spin ride vehicle and Aladar from DINOSAUR. The medium-sized Triceratops and large long-neck plush were both still ...

(Image credit: Yu et al., 2018) After analyzing the fossil (shown here), researchers named the dinosaur Caihong juji.The genus name comes from the Mandarin word "caihong," which means rainbow.

Scientists on Monday announced the discovery of a crow-size, bird-like dinosaur with colorful feathers from northeastern China that lived 161 million years ago during the Jurassic Period. They ...

Newly discovered 'rainbow' dinosaur had shiny, colourful feathers like a hummingbird. Microscopic analysis of 160 million-year-old fossil suggests prehistoric reptile had iridescent plumage ...