Re: skin fossils

[Phillip Bigelow <bh162@scn.org>]

>>Also, I have heard that there is a skin fossil fragment from Tyrannosaurus
>>rex.  Is there any scalation, and if so, how large are the scales?


>>The specimen, IIRC, was prepared by The Tyrell Museum's
>>Darren Tanke, from a T. rex specimen unearthed in Sask., Canada.
>>The impression shows pebbly texture, generally similar to
>>Edmontosaurus skin.


>Being a good friend of Darren Tanke, I must make a correction here. The skin 
>>impression that he 
>told me about and sent a cast of, is not from Sask. (Do you mean Scotty? That 
>>specimen is being 
>prepared by Tim Tokaryk and his people) and is of an Albertosaurus (not 
>>Gorgosaurus). 
>The skin impression has rased scales in a hexgonal rowed pattern.

>Tracy

 DU'OHH!  Yes, know I remember.  The T. rex and skin was found just
outside of Edmonton.

I also remembered where I read about the skin:

http://www.dinosauria.com/jdp/trex/skin.htm


Anyone know if there are any images of theropod skin impressions
on the web?

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