New analysis of fossilized dinosaur skin discovered near Eastend, Sask. has revealed a unique scale pattern unseen before in similar samples.
A section of fossilized skin recently examined by Dr. Ryan McKellar, curator of paleontology at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum, and University of Regina graduate student Caelan Libke has revealed an unusual scale pattern unlike other samples found in North America, and it’s raising questions.
Both dinos are from the late Cretaceous period, said McKellar, making Skinny one of few hadrosaur specimens from this period found outside the northern United States. This newly discovered scale variation proves wider variation within the species than paleontologists previously thought, but also prompts questions of why and what that may mean in the broader sense of understanding the dinosaurs that lived on the prairies before they were the prairies.Article content
The unusual scale pattern could also indicate a regional differentiation from hadrosaurs further south, sex dimorphism or evidence of ecological affects caused by habitat. Paired with the new scale discovery, Libke said that now he is itching for more fossil samples to be found in the region, so he can further investigate the theory.
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