Ancient skin sported intricately patterned scales

• 成果类型: Editorial Material
• 署名作者: Plikus, Maksim V.
• 署名单位: University of California System; University of California Irvine
• 刊物名称: Nature
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0028-5716
• DOI: 10.1038/d41586-024-00587-7
• 发表日期: 2024-03-14
• 页码: 274-276
• 关键词: dinosaur; insights

摘要

The discovery of 285-million-year-old fossils of intricately patterned animal scales indicates that evolutionary tinkering of armoured skin started at the dawn of life on dry land as aquatic vertebrates adapted for terrestrial survival.