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The Preserved Skin of a Reptile Anterior to Dinosaurs Reveals an Amazing Connection with... Seals

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The paleontologists thought they knew everything about how prehistoric marine reptiles were swimming. A powerful tail to propelle, limbs to stabilize: the model seemed established for decades. But an extraordinary fossil discovered in Switzerland just upset this certainty. For the first time, a specimen of Lariosaurus with its skin [...]
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The paleontologists thought they knew everything about how prehistoric marine reptiles were swimming. A powerful tail to propelle, limbs to stabilize: the model seemed established for decades. But an extraordinary fossil discovered in Switzerland just upset this certainty. For the first time, a specimen of Lariosaurus with its skin [...]

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SciencePost broke the news in on Tuesday, November 4, 2025.
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