2024
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12690
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Forged soft tissues revealed in the oldest fossil reptile from the early Permian of the Alps

Valentina Rossi,
Massimo Bernardi,
Mariagabriella Fornasiero
et al.

Abstract: Tridentinosaurus antiquus represents one of the oldest fossil reptiles and one of the very few skeletal specimens with evidence of soft tissue preservation from the Cisuralian (Early Permian) of the Italian Alps. The preservation and appearance of the fossil have puzzled palaeontologists for decades and its taphonomy and phylogenetic position have remained unresolved. We reanalysed T. antiquus using ultraviolet light (UV), 3D surface modelling, scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive spectr… Show more

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