Amazing find of dinosaur 'mummy'

BBC Science-Nature ^ | December 3, 2207 | U/A

[Fred Nerks]

Scientists now think these dinosaurs were more muscular than previously thought

The scales are still visible on the fossilised skin

[dynachrome]

“December 3, 2207 | U/A”
I have to question your date, but it is nice article.

;)

[Verginius Rufus]

Excellent news. Finally science will be able to answer the age-old question about dinosaurs: did they taste like chicken?

[Fred Nerks]

Whoops! I’m getting way ahead of myself...

[SolidWood]

Upon close examination it still breathed after 67 million years.

LOL!

Sorry Fred, couldn't resist. Seriously, this find is amazing, as is the honeycomb structure of the skin!

[Blood of Tyrants]

Must have been buried very quickly when it died. Like in some great flood.

[digger48]

The fossilization is not quite complete on THAT one!

[george76]

nice find

[xJones]

The researchers propose that the dinosaur's rump was 25% larger than had previously been thought.

And this could be another cause of dinosaur extinction, if the female hadrosaur asked a male hadrosaur: "Do these scales make my butt look bigger?"

[Socratic]

Archaeologists are among the most sexist of people. All we hear about is mummies, mummies, mummies and nary a word about daddies.

[keats5]

That bottom photo looks like tire tracks.

[sure_fine]

“December 3, 2207 | U/A”

WOW, talk about getting the scoop

[sure_fine]

“Must have been buried very quickly when it died. Like in some great flood.”

maybe something like that mud slide in OR today

[lp boonie]

Must have been buried very quickly when it died. Like in some great flood.
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Yep. A great flood 67 million years ago. Good call.

[Ezekiel]

The scales are still visible on the fossilised skin "There is depth and structure to the skin. The level of detail expressed in the skin is just breathtaking."

"That's a good-looking mummy" to-ask-out-on-a-date-when-you-can't-lick-a-frog ping.

[Fred Nerks]

DINOSAUR LINK.

Dino Leonardo used to live in Montana.

[ASA Vet]

Not unless chicken tastes like rock.

[aculeus]

Problem:

The scales are still visible on the fossilised skin ...

Solution:

[DocRock]

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[Verginius Rufus]

Well, the story said the soft tissue was “intact.”