Now, in a new study, Milinkovitch and his team reported that the polygonal head scales form due to the growth and compression of skin, which creates a self-organizing pattern of folds. 2 These ...
The skin on a crocodile's head folding through a mechanical process, viewed with a light microscope. Courtesy of the University of Geneva, G. Timin, M. C. Milinkovitch A new study has revealed that ...
A new study published in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society describes, for the first time in detail, the soft tissues preserved in Montsecosuchus depereti, a Lower Cretaceous crocodylomorph ...