"We're looking at the altered products of proteins from the skin of this animal, locked within the three dimensional mineralised skin," Dr Manning told BBC News. "You're looking at cell-like structures; you slice through this and you're looking at the cell structure of dinosaur skin. That is absolutely gobsmacking." A study of the cell structures show that, like modern-day crocodiles and birds, the skin was made up of two layers: a surface epidermis against a deeper dermis layer made up of dense connective tissue. Full Article at BBC News