Dino Skin

[Sheldon J]

Not treasure but kind of cool...

from Scientist Stumped by Actual Dinosaur Skin

Scientist Stumped by Actual Dinosaur Skin by Brian Thomas, M.S. *

Being the first ever to examine a dinosaur fossil long buried in sedimentary rock is thrilling enough for a field researcher. But a team working in Canada found an exhilarating bonus on a hadrosaur fossil fragment—it had actual skin still attached.
They found the duck-bill dinosaur fossil near Grand Prairie, Alberta. University of Regina physicist Mauricio Barbi operates state-of-the art synchrotron equipment that can detect and identify chemical signatures without destroying samples. He plans to use the technology to investigate the special fossil and its skin. He told Canadian Light Source (CLS), which houses the synchrotron device, "As we excavated the fossil, I thought that we were looking at a skin impression. Then I noticed a piece came off and I realized this is not ordinary—this is real skin."[SUP]1[/SUP]

 

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[Alex Burke]

Jurassic Park is not far off now...lol

 

[Target1972]

Actual skin.....is that possible?

 

[Sheldon J]

Actual skin.....is that possible?

Not according to the paleontology experts I've talked to... but it is now :-)