The briefing
A new study in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society details exceptionally preserved soft tissues in Montsecosuchus depereti from Spain’s Lower Cretaceous Pedrera de Meià site. Using ultraviolet light, researchers infer aspects of the animal’s skin coloration and glean insights into crocodylomorph respiratory evolution, led by the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont.
Original headline
Skin and color pattern of 125-million-year-old crocodile revealed by extraordinary fossil from the Pyrenees