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[–] mineralfellow@lemmy.world 134 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] Hupf@feddit.org 62 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh God imagine we'd actually found huge parallel footprints.

[–] moistclump@lemmy.world 42 points 1 week ago

Then we’d know Jesus was carrying the t-rex the whole time

[–] IAmTheZeke@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They were all made in clay-rich sandstone, which preserved the tracks so well that they have impressions of the scales on the skin of these dinosaurs.

Oooo so we know for sure what the scale shapes are? Fascinating! Where is dino science on feathers currently? Did some dinosaurs resemble birds more than lizards? Sorry I'm late. Be wild if we had such impressions of feathers somewhere

[–] Graphy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I think a lot of modern birds have scales on their feet.

[–] IAmTheZeke@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

That's true... I didn't know we had more than bones though. Pretty amazing that we know exactly what those scales look like.