LURKING IN THE LATE CRETACEOUS: RAJASAURUS

Rajasaurus narmadensisIn the humid, fern-thick forests of Late Cretaceous India — about 67 million years ago — a flash of red moves between the tree trunks.Think oxidized iron and dried blood — deep crimson-orange broken by pale white striping and bold black bands along the flanks and tail. In dappled forest light, those stripes would fracture the animal’s outline, a trick modern tigers use