To: Sopater
See the link in #12 that details exactly how the fossilization process occurred. It says that bio films lined the soft tissue, creating a preserved structure. At that, the exact phrase used is: sulphur-rich organic residue is attributed to sulphurization of organic molecules within the tissue .It doesn't say in any way that this is "fresh meat" as what ICR implied. The use of "Fresh Meat" is simply an adjective used in some articles like saying it is an 'explosive discovery', not a scientific term.
To: mnehring; GodGunsGuts
No argument here that “fresh meat” is a bit of a stretch as a descriptive term.
However, the phrase “sulphur-rich organic residue” indicates an incomplete mineralization of the soft tissues. Even the “composition of the fossil blood is unknown”. The article in link #12 further states that the musculature is “at least primarily, the diagenetically altered remains of the original organic tissues”.
If the sulphurization of the tissue is such a slow process in this particular environment, how does the structure of the organic material remain intact for so long?
Roughly how many more millions of years should it take for the organic material to become completely mineralized?
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12/11/2009 12:20:57 PM PST by
Sopater
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