New Tyrannosaur Find May Have Skin Impressions

[Richard W Travsky <rtravsky@uwyo.edu>]

This is from a news item that appeared today in local paper. Been looking
for it on the net but haven't found it yet, so I'll summarize.

The article refers to a find by Paul Sereno in the Lance Creek formation.
It has comments made by Paul Sereno in what it refers to as being made on
"Sunday", so I guess the article is not entirely current.

The find is located on BLM land near the corners of South Dakota and
Nebraska and is "embedded in four boulders and possibly a fith as well".

"Sereno believes the partial skeleton is either a young Tyrannosaurus rex
or an adult of a smaller tyrannosaur species which to date is known only
through teeth from the area."

"But it was buried in such a way that we think the surface of the skin may
be preserved for the first time in a large predator." (Sereno said)

There's a bit more but most of it speculation on skin coverings.