Tag: skin
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This 288-Million-Year-Old Fossilized Scrap of Skin Is the World’s Oldest
Smithsonian Magazine has an article about the discovery of the old fossilized skin. The specimen belonged to a lizard-like reptile that lived about 288 million years ago during the Permian Period. It was found in a cave near Richards Spur, Oklahoma. This specimen represents the oldest known preserved skin. The previous record was about 130…
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Lauer Foundation: The integument of pelagic crocodylomorphs
From the ESCONI Members in the News Department: The Lauer Foundation has announced that they have published their first paper. It’s titled “The integument of pelagic crocodylomorphs” and is a detailed description of Metriorhynchidae integrument (skin) and how that group shows adaptations to a highly pelagic lifestyle. It was published in the journal Palaeoelectonica in…
