For reptiles, crocodiles have some pretty distinct skin. Instead of the sleek and smooth scales on snakes and lizards , crocodiles have a more lumpy and three dimensional pattern on their scaly heads.

A Nile crocodile. Leigh Bedford via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 2.0 We commonly refer to scaly, itchy skin rashes as “crocodile skin.” Scientists, however, have just proven that real ...

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The fragment of fossilized reptile skin was found in a limestone cave in Oklahoma, United States, and is at least 130 million years older than the oldest previously known skin fossil.

Scientists, however, have just proven that real crocodile skin—specifically the parts on the reptile’s head, snout and jaw—is much more special than previously thought.