Soft tissue of a plesiosaur reveals it had scales similar to those of sea turtles

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Feb 7, 2025, 1:26 pm96 pts
A small team of archaeologists, geologists, paleontologists and climate scientists has found that at least one type of plesiosaur had scales on its flippers similar to modern sea turtle species. For their study, published in the journal Current Biology, the group examined a unique specimen that had been locked…

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