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Prehistoric reptile skin secrets revealed

By T.K. Randall
March 24, 2011 · Comment icon 4 comments

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Scientists have mapped organic compounds in a 50-million year-old reptile skin sample.
"This was one of the best preserved dinosaurs discovered, and we were able to show that there was organic compound from the skin remaining (on the fossil)," says geochemist Dr Wogelius from the University of Manchester.
A unique image, for the first time, has mapped organic compounds that are still surviving in a 50-million-year-old sample of reptile skin. The infra-red picture reveals the chemical profile of the skin, offering an insight into how it was preserved.


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Comment icon #1 Posted by xXHellkittiesXx 14 years ago
I call first comment!
Comment icon #2 Posted by smokeycat 14 years ago
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Comment icon #3 Posted by Rockhead 14 years ago
Hope it's not to late to comment. Read the article, very heartening! Maybe it's time for my findings, as well, to finally be realized. The petrification and mineralization of soft-tissue is common and starts with salt. The minerals micro-crystallize around the organics, encasing them forever. C T scanning may also be of use on 3-d specimens. Maybe a SEM refractometer can scan the DNA. Jurassic Park here we come! Thanks for posting it, I bookmarked it.
Comment icon #4 Posted by odeon123 13 years ago
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