Fossilized skin impressions uncovered in central Germany are now regarded as the oldest known evidence of reptile skin.

An international research team led by Dr. Lorenzo Marchetti from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin has described the oldest ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest known skin fossils, dating back long before the dinosaurs. The samples, found in a cave in Oklahoma, USA, show that reptile scales haven’t changed much in the ...

An international research team led by Dr. Lorenzo Marchetti from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin has described the oldest known impressions of reptile skin from the Thuringian Forest in central ...

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