Hadrosaur Skin

[BadlandTraveller]

Hello,

 

I picked up some Hadrosaur skin on auction last week and not having much experience in skin I'm hoping someone can comment on its authenticity?

 

Thank you 

[Susan from PA]

I don't have a enough experience collecting dinosaur skin to comment on the authenticity of these specimens, but perhaps this thread will help.  

 

 

[-Andy-]

The patterns are faint, but I do see skin-like texture.

 

How reliable is this seller, and what data did he provide?

[BadlandTraveller]

The seller has a limited number of transactions but has hundred percent feedback since 2004.

 

He claims to be collector/geologist who is getting rid of all his skin samples, he sold a few other similar items.

 

I've included another picture from the auction I bid it on that has better lighting.

 

[BadlandTraveller]

[doushantuo]

I suggest you read the Phil Bell piece in PLOS,or the following:

 

herrhadrintegument_cretatceouskaiparowitsfm_utah_vpusa_7_2_2010.pdf

 

MannmummifiedhadrosaurintegumrslHell Creek FmusA-.pdf

Maybe all of them *

*if you have not already done so

[jpc]

The first few pictures are pretty ambiguous, but the last ones with lower angle lighting show it much better.  Looks like you got yourself some pretty nice hadrosaur skin.  

[doushantuo]

It kinda looks authentic allright,have to agrre with JPC

[BadlandTraveller]

Thanks JPC for looking and doushantuo for the great links.

 

My first set of pictures were from an older iPhone so that explains the poor quality. 

 

 

[LordTrilobite]

Looks pretty convincing to me.

[rkfrace]

This is definitely legit.  It's a very faint example, as has been noted, but it is 100% authentic.  That being said, it's difficult to tell whether this is fossilized skin OR an impression left behind in mud that dried and fossilized (akin to a track-way).  

[Seguidora-de-Isis]

Yes! There is no doubt that this piece is 100% authentic! The angle of curvature of this sample and other patterns, seems to indicate that it was not formed from a footprint. The degree of preservation of this sample is not the best, but it has an excellent texture, and gives us a good idea of the skin of this particular species. Few people think of this, but through my experience I can tell you that some fossil evidence demonstrates that dinosaurs lay down to sleep, so I particularly do not rule out the possibility that their sample originated from a fine sand mold when a hadrosaur slept on it. By the way! Impressions of skin associated with bones are very rare, and in your case, I would never classify as Edmontosaurus. Edmontosaurus is a genus of hadrosaurid (duck-billed) dinosaur. It contains two known species: Edmontosaurus regalis and Edmontosaurus annectens. But without association of bones, I would classify as being of an indeterminate hadrosaurid. Finally, I apologize for my weak English.