Found a "dinosaur skin" in a wonderful condition .. And surprise with "sandpaper"

Translations - Abu Dhabi
In a rare case, researchers in South Korea found the effect of "beautifully preserved" dinosaur skin, describing it as "glass paper" or "sandpaper", the Independent newspaper reported.

According to research published in the journal "Scientific Reports", researchers have found natural prints of footprints of one of the small dinosaur species found to be wonderfully preserved in a cretaceous layer dating back to the Cretaceous.

The study pointed out that the fingerprints belong to the feet of a small dinosaur known as "Thirobod", specifically Miniscorpus, the smallest dinosaurs ever, not more than 20 centimeters in length.

The researchers found that footprints, no more than one inch long, have beautifully preserved leather effects.

"This is the first track to be found," said Martin Lockley, a professor of geology at the University of Colorado, Denver. "It has a leather cover that covers the soles of the foot and is ideally preserved."
It was discovered by the researcher at the Shengju National University of Korean Education, Kyung Soo Kim, that he had stopped the large-scale excavations in Jinju City, Geongsang Province, South Korea.

Thanks to the preservation of the "dinosaur" to mud, a thin clay layer covered the foot of the small dinosaur bird, just like a layer of paint no thicker than a millimeter.

When the small bird dinosaur, the size of the blackbird, ascended the layer, the leather texture of the soles of the foot was applied to that soft clay layer completely and without any impurities.

Indications indicate that the area experienced direct rainfall before the small bird followed it, then covered with another thin layer of clay afterwards.

The researchers said the dinosaur skin is like sandpaper, and has small scales arranged like woven cloth, similar to those of giant dinosaurs.