Newly detected data from Haestasaurus and review of sauropod skin morphology suggests Early Jurassic origin of skin papillae

Michael Pittman; Nathan J. Enriquez; Phil R. Bell; Thomas G. Kaye; Paul Upchurch

Newly detected data from Haestasaurus and review of sauropod skin morphology suggests Early Jurassic origin of skin papillae

2022

Michael Pittman | Nathan J. Enriquez | Phil R. Bell | Thomas G. Kaye | Paul Upchurch

Haestasaurus becklesii claims the crown as owner of the first non-avian dinosaur skin to ever be described. Using modern imaging approaches, and considering known fossil skin across the long-necked sauropod dinosaurs, an Early Jurassic origin of the papillae within their scales is suggested.

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