Pristine Reptile Fossil (IMAGE)

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Pristine Reptile Fossil

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This is a skeleton (left) and phosphatized skin (right) of the mosasaur Ectenosaurus. Scale bars, 10 cm (left) and 5 mm (right).

Credit

Michael J. Everhart.

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Lindgren J, Everhart MJ, Caldwell MW (2011) Three-Dimensionally Preserved Integument Reveals Hydrodynamic Adaptations in the Extinct Marine Lizard Ectenosaurus (Reptilia, Mosasauridae). PLoS ONE 6(11): e27343. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0027343

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