Discovery Of Little Rainbow Dinosaur in China

             At the start of year 2018, Chinese scientists have announced the discovery of a bird like dinosaur whose wings had seven colors of rainbow, while its size was equal to the size of a crow. This unique kind of dinosaurs was present in vast majority about 16 million years ago from now, where China is located today. This dinosaur is named as "Sai Hong" which is a term of Mandarin language and its meaning is rainbow.

The dinosaur was belonged to Jurassic era. Interesting thing is that, a complete fossil of the dinosaur found in the province Hebei of China, on which the microscopic structures/patterns are also present. These thin marks were seen on its neck, head and chest. When light were directed on its wings, the dinosaur's wings used to shine in the same way, as the colorful feathers on the body of the Humming bird are beautifully visible. Hayat Shade Eliasson, a Chicago-based Museum developer, said: "This discovery shows that the time of the Jurassic era was not so bad but there were colorful living creatures". It is clear that Eliasson has also been researching Sai Hong, whose details have been published in his research paper "Nature Communication". Scientists have seen small particles inside its wings through powerful microscopes that are called "melanosomes", their structure and quality make different colors.

The structure of the melanosomes present in the Sai Hong feathers is similar to as of Humming bird that shows that the dinosaurs were charming and colorful like the humming birds. Experts say that its neck had feathers like colored ribbons while many of its features prove it a bird. It used its beautiful feathers to attract opposite gender for mating. But scientists believe that it could not fly in any way, means that it was just a "flightless bird". The initial research showed that the Sai Hong was a two-legged dinosaur whose skull was similar to the Velociraptor dinosaur and its teeth were very sharp. Perhaps, it used its teeth to eat small lactating animals and lizards. Its eyes were bulging, which were due to to hard bones. We know that many dinosaurs had birds like features and at the end of the Jurassic era, the evolution of small birds were due to dinosaurs. However, its wings were so long, that could be used as a pen by dipping them in ink. The mammals expert, Zong Zu of Chinese Academy of Sciences, says : "It is like an early bird Archeopteryx that was present 15 million years ago. Perhaps, Sai Hong's wings were changed gradually and then flying birds were came into existence".