[Rockhounds] Fossilized skin of Tridentinosaurus found to be painted

[Paul]

Ancient Fossil That Baffled Scientists For Decades Finally
Reveals Its True Identity, Michelle Starr, Nature, February 16, 2024
https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-fossil-that-baffled-scientists-for-decades-finally-reveals-its-true-identity

280-Million-Year-Old Mystery Solved As Forged Fossil's
"Skin" Identified As Paint The "soft tissues" of this partial
forgery were painted on, but it isn't a total fake.
Rachael Funnell, IFL Science, February 16, 2024
https://www.iflscience.com/280-million-year-old-mystery-solved-as-forged-fossils-skin-identified-as-paint-72976

The open access paper is;

Rossi, V., Bernardi, M., Fornasiero, M., Nestola, F., Unitt,
R., Castelli, S. and Kustatscher, E. (2024), Forged soft
tissues revealed in the oldest fossil reptile from the early
Permian of the Alps. Palaeontology, 67: e12690.
https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12690
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pala.12690

Yours,

Paul H.