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Dinosaur mummy yields skin molecules

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While research on other dinosaurs has led to the identification of organic material linked to bones, co-author Roy Wogelius told Discovery News that "this is the first dinosaur to reveal intact skin structure and associated organic molecules." Full Article at MSNBC

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