Members of an international research team, including paleontologists from the University of Alberta, know what it's like to touch a Tyrannosaurus rex. "My first instinct when I saw the specimens was 'Oh my gosh, I really want to touch it,' " Persons said Tuesday. Team Rex, as the research team is known, found fossilized samples of the scaly skin from what they believe were the necks, flanks and tails of tyrannosaurids. Recently discovered skin fossils found in Alberta and South Dakota show that tyrannosaurids were covered in tiny scales. While it's not the T. rex itself, Persons said the texture of the skin is the same for both species.

Source: CBC News June 06, 2017 22:52 UTC