TRIDENTINOSAURUS ANTIQUUS WAS DISCOVERED IN THE ITALIAN ALPS IN 1931 AND WAS THOUGHT TO BE AN IMPORTANT SPECIMEN FOR UNDERSTANDING EARLY REPTILE EVOLUTION - BUT HAS NOW BEEN FOUND TO BE, IN PART A FORGERY. ITS BODY OUTLINE, APPEARING DARK AGAINST THE SURROUNDING ROCK, WAS INITIALLY INTERPRETED AS PRESERVED SOFT TISSUES BUT IS NOW KNOWN TO BE PAINT.