The Most Accurate Depiction of a Dinosaur Created(?)

[Faelrin]

What an amazing thing. That's something I never thought would happen. It surprised me when they found the colors from the preserved feathers in some species, but I never thought they could do it for scales. I wonder if there's any other species out there with good material currently to find the colors from, that may have been overlooked. That reconstruction does make it look like quite the adorable creature though.

[Balaur]

Every time I look at that model I just fall in love with Psittacosaurus more and more. So cool how we basically know everything about the animals life appearance. However, does anybody know if they found pigments in the tail feathers?

The patagia was a surprise, but I guess it's very obvious in the fossil so how anybody missed that is weird. I wonder what it was used for, perhaps as a way to protect eggs during incubation?

[Paleogene Pals]

I am excited. When I was a kid, I was told through books, classrooms, and documentaries that we will never know what color dinosaurs really were. Well, it seems all that has changed, what a wonderful model!

[Dinomike]

I hope we'll see a great many updated Psittacosaurus models by dinosaur toy companies! I'll be mad if they do update the models but get the colors wrong, though...!

[CyborgDino]

I hope we'll see a great many updated Psittacosaurus models by dinosaur toy companies! I'll be mad if they do update the models but get the colors wrong, though...!

Well, it'd still be accurate if companies made Psittacosaurus that don't look like this one, considering that there are at least nine valid species of Psittacosaurus (more than any other nonavian dinosaur).

[Dinoguy2]

I hope we'll see a great many updated Psittacosaurus models by dinosaur toy companies! I'll be mad if they do update the models but get the colors wrong, though...!

Well, it'd still be accurate if companies made Psittacosaurus that don't look like this one, considering that there are at least nine valid species of Psittacosaurus (more than any other nonavian dinosaur).

True, but each species has a very specific arrangement of horns and head shape, so you'd have to look at that too.

[amargasaurus cazaui]

Adding another log in the fire there are also a few species of psittacosaurus known for being either very large or smaller than most comparatively .  While I tend to agree they were likely many species and many different colors and patterns or perhaps even different quill patterns another thing is fair to note. It would not be the only case where a single fossil becomes the "head cannon' for how to reconstruct that animal....think Sue...Big All....Leonardo..Dakota....Lane....the list is endless