Soft tissue from a 183 million-year-old Jurassic plesiosaur analyzed

ScienceDaily
Feb 7, 2025, 12:26 pm98 pts
Researchers have analyzed the soft tissue from a fossilized plesiosaur for the first time. The results show that the long-necked marine reptile had both smooth and scaly skin. This was likely so it could both swim rapidly and move along rough seabeds.

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