This is the first time scientists have ever found evidence that dinosaurs used feathers in extreme climates like the southern polar circle
, according to the study, which was published this week in the journal Gondwana Research.A team of international scientists examined a collection of 118-year-old fossils that were found in Koonwarra, Australia, but that had accumulated in sediment at the bottom of a lake close to the South Pole millennia ago. The collection included dinosaur bones and"proto-feathers from meat-eating dinosaurs," said a press release from Sweden's Uppsala University, which contributed to the study.
Read MoreMuch like how bird feathers today are often colored or patterned, these ancient dinosaur feathers were also likely patterned, the press release said. Researchers found traces of melanosomes -- the cells that contain color pigments -- on the fossilized feathers, in"distinct bands" that may have represented the original patterning.
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