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  • fossilized dino skin

    From jillery@21:1/5 to All on Wed Sep 14 11:23:19 2022
    The following link might be of interest to some here:

    <https://www.reading.ac.uk/news/2022/Research-News/Fossil-discovery-could-be-rare-complete-dinosaur-skeleton>

    <https://tinyurl.com/4d4scjd6>
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    A fossil discovered in Canada could be a rare finding of an entire
    dinosaur skeleton complete with fossilised skin, scientists believe.

    The exposed fossil of the hadrosaur, a large-bodied, herbivorous,
    duck-billed dinosaur, is protruding from a hillside in Dinosaur
    Provincial Park in Alberta, Canada, which is one of the world’s
    richest locations for dinosaur fossils.

    The fossil includes a large portion of the animal’s tail and its right
    hind foot, and is oriented in a way that suggests the entire skeleton
    may still be preserved within the hill. Whole skeletons are very rare,
    so this exceptional “dinosaur mummy” is likely to provide important insights about the animal’s appearance and overall anatomy. **********************************************

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  • From JTEM@21:1/5 to 69jp...@gmail.com on Wed Sep 14 14:35:00 2022
    69jp...@gmail.com wrote:

    The following link might be of interest to some here:

    <https://www.reading.ac.uk/news/2022/Research-News/Fossil-discovery-could-be-rare-complete-dinosaur-skeleton>

    <https://tinyurl.com/4d4scjd6>
    ********************************************
    A fossil discovered in Canada could be a rare finding of an entire
    dinosaur skeleton complete with fossilised skin, scientists believe.

    The exposed fossil of the hadrosaur, a large-bodied, herbivorous, duck-billed dinosaur, is protruding from a hillside in Dinosaur
    Provincial Park in Alberta, Canada, which is one of the world’s
    richest locations for dinosaur fossils.

    The fossil includes a large portion of the animal’s tail and its right hind foot, and is oriented in a way that suggests the entire skeleton
    may still be preserved within the hill. Whole skeletons are very rare,
    so this exceptional “dinosaur mummy” is likely to provide important insights about the animal’s appearance and overall anatomy. **********************************************

    I think the most interesting thing here, by their use of the word "mummy,"
    is the possibility of soft tissue.

    Oh, there are some preserved dinosaur soft tissues, mummified, and I
    can recall seeing at least one fossilized impression of a digestive
    track...

    Dinosaur genitalia is, well, it's rare. And although there does not appear
    to be a market for dinosaur porn, there are many, many arguments over
    dinosaur reproduction, and a glimpse at the reproductive organs of a
    few different species could narrow this down.

    That's what pops into my head immediately: Preserved soft tissue
    might start answering reproduction questions.

    But I have a dirty mind so maybe someone can think of something else?




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