[EnderWiggin1970]

It is fascinating that any soft tissue is able to remain detectable in non-freezing conditions for thousands of years. The log curves I've seen indicate that even under consistent sub-zero conditions no soft tissue should remain over >millions of years.

I used to collect fossils along the Thames river north of London, Ontario, and I will swear there was a rotting marine odor associated with the fossil-bearing layers.

[SunkenCiv]

Mary Schweitzer first id’ed it (or at least was first to be brave enough to do it). The first of the FRchive links up there (post #1) links to a post listing topics of her keyword here.

[PreciousLiberty]

Y’all (most who responded) missed the statement that this was fossilized soft tissue. That means the tissue was replaced with stone. No DNA or other organic material….