Parksosaurus warreni restoration,

• Based proportionally on a skeletal diagram by Gregory S Paul. ^[1]

• The skin details in this image are speculative but based loosely on related dinosaurs. Until recently most skin impressions from Ornithischians showed circular or polygonal scales but these were from larger hadrosaurs and ceratopsians. In 2009 the Heterodontosaur Tianyulong was described which shows filamentous quill like structures along its back and underside. ^[2] In 2014 Kulindadromeus was described and showed a mix of feather like structures and scales. ^[3]

• The colours and/or patterns, as with nearly all reconstructions of prehistoric creatures, are speculative.

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