5 amazing facts about fossil animals

In the depths of our hearts, we are grateful for the fact that prehistoric monsters died out millions of years ago, leaving us a legacy of this amazing planet. However, some facts about dinosaurs make us regret that they disappeared.

5 . Dinosaur eggs were colorful

Dinosaurs were much more vivid than they are shown in movies. And even eggs they carried colorful. For example, the eggs of the oviraptor were colored in soothing green-blue tones. The age of such a discovery made in China is about 67 million years.

4 . Synapsides could not sleep at night

About 300 million years ago, before the advent of dinosaurs, the Earth was inhabited by synapsides - the ancestors of mammals with features of lizards. Preserved okolaglaznye bone rings of these creatures allowed scientists to judge their nightlife. What is very strange: the first mammals began to hunt at night, in order to avoid meeting with dinosaurs.

3. Rodic ti-rex and flies did not offend

The newly discovered Chilesaurus diegosuarezi is cousin to a formidable tyrannosaur, although his appearance evokes a smile rather than horror. And that's right: after all, the ti-rex kinsman was a convinced vegetarian. And the largest representative of the species reached ridiculous 3 meters in length.

2. The ancient snakes had legs

All the snakes, who lived in the humid southern climate about 130 million years ago, differed little from the modern heirs.

1 . Early birds resembled bats

Yi qi or "strange wing" - as the creature who lived in the second half of the Jurassic period called it paleontologists. His long fingers were covered with a membrane, which made the creature look like a modern bat.