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Oldest preserved umbilical scar reveals dinosaurs had 'belly buttons'.

Phil R BellChristophe HendrickxMichael PittmanThomas G Kaye
Published in: BMC biology (2022)
Unlike most extant reptiles and birds that lose this scar within days to weeks after hatching, the umbilicus of Psittacosaurus persisted at least until sexual maturity, similar to some lizards and crocodylians with which it shares the closest morphological resemblance. This discovery is the oldest record of an amniote umbilicus and the first in a non-avian dinosaur. However, given the variability of this structure in extant reptilian analogues, a persistent umbilical scar may not have been present in all non-avian dinosaurs.
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