Oldest Alpine Fossil Reptile Revealed as Historical Forgery.
A renowned fossil of a reptile, believed to be around 280 million years old and discovered in the Italian Alps in 1931, has been exposed as a partial forgery. The fossilized specimen of Tridentinosaurus antiquus was thought to have preserved soft tissues, but a new analysis has revealed that the dark color is actually black paint on a carved piece of stone surrounding a few fossilized bones.
February 16, 2024
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