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Did Dinosaurs Shed their Skins?

    My daughter would like to know - since they were reptiles, did they shed their skin like snakes as they grew?  Are there any fossils of shed dinosaur skins?
 
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2007-06-03 we don't know!
Vickie Clouse, a paleontologist at Montana State University, answered this question in an online forum for elementary school students, as follows:

"Although we do find rare skin impressions, and very
rarely, fossilized dinosaur skin itself, it is
unlikely that we will someday find fossilized skin
that we could say beyond a doubt was in the process of
being shed."

http://scout.wisc.edu/Projects/PastProjects/K12news/99-11/99-11-01/0006.html" --guest

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