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proteins in the skin of a reptile fossil con 50 millones de años
















fossil Skin
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Researchers at the University of Manchester in the UK have published a glossy color image showing the presence of amides, organic components or building blocks of life, in the skin of an ancestral reptile, discovered in rocks to 50 million years Green River Formation of Utah, USA. The study results are published in the journal Proceedings Royal Society B: Biology.


The image has never been seen by human eyes until the researchers used infrared technology to reveal latest fossilized soft tissue is well preserved a reptile.

These infrared images are supported by the first specific maps an element of fossilized organic material in skin using x-rays generated at the Stanford Synchrotron in the United States, also by researchers at Manchester.

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The chemical details are sufficiently clear for the researchers to propose how this conservation was so exceptional. When the original components of the skin begin to decay can form chemical bonds with the metal remains outstanding under these remnants of metal act as a 'bridge' for minerals in the sediments. This protects the material from the skin of its further decomposition.