Hadrosaur skin impression

Collected 1930
Common Name: Hadrosaur
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Ornithischia
Family: Hadrosauridae
Image Number: ROM2004_1028_14

People think of reptiles as slimy, but in life they actually have dry scaly skin. This is a piece of fossilized skin impression, preserving the pattern of the scales of this dinosaur. The pattern varied over the body, as in living reptiles. This piece is probably from the back or flank of a duck-bill’s body.