cloaca

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In January scientists from the University of Bristol and the University of Massachusetts Amherst revealed in the journal Current Biology that they had found a dinosaur cloaca.

From Salon

Paleontologists discovered this cloaca in the skin patterns of a Psittacosaurus, a dog-sized dinosaur related to the Triceratops.

From Salon

In addition, Vinther identified something "quite surprising and unique" in the dinosaur's cloaca — namely, the fact that it was very colorful, which suggested that they were used for visual signaling.

From Salon

It’s got a cloaca and beak, like a bird, but it also has fur and lives in the water, like a mammal.

From Scientific American

It has special organs in its cloaca that allow it to draw oxygen from the water.

From Seattle Times