最古老的高山爬行动物化石被揭露为历史伪造品。 Oldest Alpine Fossil Reptile Revealed as Historical Forgery.
1931 年在意大利阿尔卑斯山发现的一块著名爬行动物化石据信距今约 2.8 亿年，现已被揭露为部分伪造品。 A renowned fossil of a reptile, believed to be around 280 million years old and discovered in the Italian Alps in 1931, has been exposed as a partial forgery. 人们认为古代三齿龙化石标本保存有软组织，但一项新的分析表明，深色实际上是围绕着一些化石骨头的一块雕刻的石头上的黑色油漆。 The fossilized specimen of Tridentinosaurus antiquus was thought to have preserved soft tissues, but a new analysis has revealed that the dark color is actually black paint on a carved piece of stone surrounding a few fossilized bones.