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Published: 2020-03-23 02:43:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 577; Favourites: 63; Downloads: 1
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Inktober day 24: Hadrosaurid, Edmontosaurus annectens. I was really digging the legs on this one.
Bite-sized science fact: We have many skin impressions from various dinosaurs—marks and patterns left in mud and other substrates that shows a relief of scales or feathers—but we have genuine fossilized skin from E. annectens. Like, mummy-style this-was-actual-skin skin, plus some muscles and tendons. Colors weren’t preserved during fossilization, but the scale patterning suggests the dinosaur was partially striped.
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Very cool - I had heard about scales and feathers - but actual skin - amazing!
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It's really cool! Here's an imgur gallery someone put together of dino mummies.
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