There weren't many skin treatment solutions that we know of some 266-252 million years ago. But even if there had been, they wouldn't have been able to help Bunostegos akokanensis, a giant, plant-eating reptile that roamed the central deserts of the then-single continent of Pangea. Three recently-discovered fossilized skulls of this ancient animal, dug up in Niger, Africa, are covered by numerous bony protrusions resembling a bad case of acne. But the bumps, the largest of their kind ever seen on this type of animal, were most likely skin-covered horns like those on modern giraffes, according to a new analysis by scientists from the US, South Africa and Niger. They weren't necessarily a form of protection — instead, scientists think...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/24/4460530/bumpy-reptile-skull-bunostegos-discovered
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