Cellular-level preservation of cutaneous spikes in an Early Cretaceous iguanodontian dinosaur

2026/02/06 by Jiandong Huang, Wenhao Wu, Lei Mao +9 · 1 voice
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Amphibian and Reptile Biology #Cretaceous #Epidermis (zoology) #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Extant taxon #Integument #Morphology (biology) #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology #Skull

paper · doi:10.1038/s41559-025-02960-9

openalex publication_date 2026/02/06 · openalex created_date 2026/02/07 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01

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• Huang, J., Wu, W., Mao, L. et al. Cellular-level preservation of cutaneous spikes in an Early Cretaceous iguanodontian dinosaur. Nat Ecol Evol (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s415... [bsky, 18 points, 1 comments]