Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology
Posted on 07/13/2024 6:55:55 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
In 2011, archaeologists uncovered one of the most — if not the most — pristine dinosaur fossils yet: a near-whole ankylosaur, complete with its jagged spikes, most of its limbs, armor coating, and some of its guts and stomach contents. The most amazing detail, though? Its uncannily preserved face and skin.
It took Mark Mitchell, a technician at Royal Tyrell Museum, an absurd 7,000 hours and nearly six years to meticulously exhume the fossil by delicately chipping away at the surrounding stone. For his efforts, he had the newly discovered specie of nodosaur — a type of ankylosaur — named after him: Borealopelta markmitchelli...
Researchers were able to get their hands on the remarkable specimen in 2017 after Mitchell had finished preparing it, and they’ve since published a series of impressive studies.
One such study led by Caleb Brown, a curator at Royal Tyrell, examined the bone structure known as osteoderms found on ankylosaurs, which in less freakishly preserved specimens, usually fall out of place.
(Excerpt) Read more at organicallyhuman.com ...
Thanks for the link!
Obama’s ancestor
they taste like chicken
Mr. Mark Mitchell should get some kind of award foe patience!
Perhaps in the future when other dino fossils are found, others can use his technique to uncover similar features.
aliens say the same about us
Helen?
Come on! Where’s the obligatory picture of Helen Thomas?
This is partly why I support term limits.
Mitch?
Looks crocodilian.
Looks like road kill. I had never heard of the Royal Tyrell Museum. It is huge and a long way from anywhere I’ve been in Alberta. Quite amazing in itself. The world continues to amaze and be full of discovery. Thanks for the post.
Reminds me of the Burgess Shale.
I am guessing this was found in a similar material so tight it could keep oxygen from feeding microbial decomposition. one wonders how he got it off the skin.
Amazing.
I thought this was going to be about Joe Biden.
I went to the article to learn where the specimen had been originally discovered, but it does not say. Canada where the museum is located?
Good to hear.....maybe we can appease them with actual chicken. :)
My pleasure.
Or the age of it isn’t as old as some promote and insist upon as fact.
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