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Title 3 million-year-old 'mighty mouse' fossil still has red fur Media name/outlet CNN Media type Web Country/Territory United States Date 21/05/19 Description A few million years ago, a little red mouse with a tiny white belly ran through the fields of what's now a German village named Willershausen. Researchers know that because they found an incredibly well-preserved fossil of the now-extinct mouse, which they dubbed "mighty mouse." And the technology they used to study it could change the way scientists study the fossil record. URL https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/21/world/three-million-year-old-mouse-fossil-scn/index.html Persons Phillip Manning Title Three-million-year old 'Mighty Mouse' had RED fur: Extinct mouse with a ginger back and a tiny white tummy is the first fossil ever found with red pigment Media name/outlet Mail Online Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 21/05/19 Description X-rays from an extinct mouse fossil dating back three million years have revealed ancient red coloured pigment for the first time ever.
Researchers found that the well-preserved animal was much like an everyday field mouse but had reddish fur on its back and sides, and a tiny white tummy.
Not unlike a field mouse, the creature - nicknamed 'Mighty Mouse' by the research team - is thought to have lived in what is now the German village of Willershausen.URL https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7052849/Mouse-lived-three-million-years-ago-oldest-animal-RED.html Persons Phillip Manning, Roy Wogelius Title This 3-million-year-old mouse just gave scientists the key to decoding ancient red pigments Media name/outlet Science Media type Web Country/Territory United States Date 21/05/19 Description Figuring out the colors of fossilized animals used to be complete guesswork—even in the rare finds containing bits of feathers, scales, or fur, the original hues in such soft tissues are usually long gone. Now, for the first time, researchers have been able to identify the chemical signature of the pigment that gives red hair its color in the fossil of an ancient mouse—using a new technique that leaves precious fossil specimens intact. URL https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/05/3-million-year-old-mouse-just-gave-scientists-key-decoding-ancient-red-pigments Persons Roy Wogelius
Keywords
- palaeontology
- extinct animals