“We have NO preserved tyrannosaurid DNA (indeed, not Mesozoic dinosaur DNA sequences), so there are no T. rex genes,” Thomas Holtz, Jr., a vertebrate paleontologist at the University of Maryland, told the outlet.

Companies claim that Tyrannosaurus rex leather could soon be entering the luxury fashion market, but dinosaur researchers say you can't make genuine T. rex skin.

Scientists question the claims behind the world’s first T. rex leather by saying dinosaur DNA and collagen are too fragile to survive.