
Scientists on Monday announced the discovery of what appears to be the world's most intact dinosaur mummy: a 67-million-year-old plant-eater that contains fossilized bones and skin tissue, and possibly muscle and organs.
Preserved by a natural fluke of time and chemistry, the four-ton mummified hadrosaur, a duck-billed herbivore common to North America, could reshape the understanding of dinosaurs and their habitat, its finders say.
"When I first saw it in the field, (I thought) 'Shiiiit, that's a really well preserved dinosaur.'"
That quote just amused me.
Seriously, this could revolutionize our understanding of dinosaurs. After growing up with dinosaurs only as fossils, to have "intact" dinosaur in a lab in California is very intriguing. Makes me feel like a kid again!
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