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Both scaly and smooth skin on prehistoric lizard

Both scaly and smooth skin on prehistoric lizard

Fri 7 Feb 2025 02:02 CET

Researchers at Lund University have discovered that plesiosaurs, also known as swan lizards, had both scaly and smooth skin. "We used a broad spectrum of techniques to identify smooth skin in the tail region and scales along the rear edge of the flippers," says geology doctoral student Miguel Marx in a press release