UCC discovery of 125m-year-old dinosaur dandruff

UCC scientists have shown they may be head and shoulders above the competition, by discovering some 125 million-year-old dinosaur dandruff.

The research by UCC palaeontologists reveals the first evidence of how dinosaurs shed their skin.

UCC’s Maria McNamara led the study, in collaboration with her postdoctoral researcher Chris Rogers; Andre Toulouse and Tara Foley, also from UCC; Paddy Orr from UCD, and a team of palaeontologists from the UK and China.