Paleontologists who examined the fossil became suspicious after they noticed that the bones connecting the tail to the body were missing and that the rock slab showed signs of being reworked.
Paleontologët që analizuan fosilin, nisën të dyshonin pasi vërejtën se eshtrat që lidhnin bishtin me trupin mungonin dhe se pllaka shkëmbore tregonte shenja përpunimi.