Famed reptile fossil is actually rocks, paint, and random bones

Above is a fantastic fossil of a 280 million-year-old reptile with the scientific name Tridentinosaurus antiquus. The oldest fossil reptile ever discovered in the Alps, the beautifully-preserved animals was unearthed in 1931 and considered a key discovery in research on reptile evolution. — Read the rest

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