Spectacular Alpine discovery turns out to be a fake – “Now everything makes sense’. 270 million year old fossil probably not unique after all.
Fossilized remains of various ancient creatures are repeatedly discovered in the Alps. Recently, the discovery of giant marine dinosaurs caused a sensation. The Tridentinosaurus antiquus is 280 million years old, unusually clear to see and pleasantly well preserved. The bones that lie behind the paint coating are obviously a real fossil. However, this is partly poorly preserved. “What has been described as charred skin is just paint”.