Study describes oldest known evidence of fossilised skin

Study describes oldest known evidence of fossilised skin

A new study describes the oldest known evidence of fossilised skin: Three-dimensional skin cast and compression fossils from unknown amniotes

A new study describes the oldest known evidence of fossilised skin.

The skin, which has a pebbled surface and most closely resembles crocodile skin, belonged to an early species of Palaeozoic reptile, 541-252 million years ago.

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