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Why were dinosaurs first believed to have scaly skin not fur?

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Why were dinosaurs first believed to have scaly skin not fur?

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Dinosaurs were first identified as reptiles, and as all modern reptiles have scales the dinosaurs were also thought to have scales. It has only been since skin impressions have been found that we’ve been able to discover that not all dinosaurs had scaly skin. Some may have even had feathers.