<img src="https://naked-science.ru/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Li-ads9734-image-3.jpg" alt="Mesozoic mammals were covered with dark, uniformly colored fur"/>Recently, scientists have learned a lot about the coloring of dinosaurs. This was facilitated by the technology of analyzing melanosomes – organelles containing pigment. But very little is known about the color of the fur of the first mammals. In a new study, the researchers modeled the coloring of six representatives of mammaliformes of the Mesozoic era from China, including the first described creature similar to a flying squirrel.
