US EditionHistorical Finding: They Find the Skin of an Ichthyosaurio, Marine Reptile of 120 Million Years Ago in Colombia
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A team of Colombian and German paleontologists found traces of skin around the skull of an ichthyosaur that lived approximately 120 million years ago in what is today the municipality of Villa de Leyva, Boyacá. The discovery represents the first characterization of soft tissues in a marine reptile of the Cretaceous in the north ... The post They find remains of skin in marine reptile that inhabited Villa de Leyva 120 million years ago appeared f…
Paleontology in Colombia has given way to the past; an international team of scientists has discovered remains of skin perfectly preserved in the fossil of an ichthyosaurio, a marine reptile that dominated the oceans when much of what is today the country of Latin America was underwater.What makes this finding something "of another world", is that it is the first time that soft tissue of this type is found in an area close to Ecuador, breaking t…
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