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Scientists stunned by truth behind 280-million-year-old fossil

A 280-million-year-old reptile fossil that puzzled researchers for decades is a fake, palaeontologists have said.

Analysis of the creature, dubbed Tridentinosaurus antiquus, has revealed the material that was thought to be well-preserved, ancient soft tissue is, in fact, just black paint.

The lizard-like animal,

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