Laura is a science news writer, covering a wide variety of subjects, but she is particularly fascinated by all things aquatic, paleontology, nanotechnology, and exploring how science influences daily life. Laura is a proud former resident of the New Jersey shore, a competitive swimmer, and a fierce defender of the Oxford comma.
Who among us hasn’t had their prized 280-million-year-old fossil eventually be proven to partially be a good fake? A new examination of a specimen first discovered almost 100 years ago reveals that parts of it are a forgery. The detective work is highlighted in a study published February 15 in the journal Palaeontology and urges caution in how this fossil is used in future studies. The fossil of an extinct reptile called Tridentinosaurus antiquus was first discovered in the Italian Alps in 1931.
The team on this new study reexamined the fossil and found that the fossil is primarily just black paint on a carved lizard-shaped rock surface. “The answer to all our questions was right in front of us, we had to study this fossil specimen in detail to reveal its secrets–even those that perhaps we did not want to know,” said Rossi. Their microscopic analysis revealed that the texture and composition of the material didn’t match genuine fossilized soft tissues from other specimens.
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Only part of rare 280 million-year-old fossil is real — the rest is mostly paintPatrick Pester is a freelance writer and previously a staff writer at Live Science. His background is in wildlife conservation and he has worked with endangered species around the world. Patrick holds a master's degree in international journalism from Cardiff University in the U.K.
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