Mummified Dinosaur found. Scientists Get Rare Look at Dinosaur Soft Tissue

[Burgold]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/02/AR2007120202280.html?hpid=topnews

Scientists Get Rare Look at Dinosaur Soft Tissue
Fossil May Shed New Light on the Creatures

By Christopher Lee
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, December 3, 2007; Page A01

A high school student hunting fossils in the badlands of his native North Dakota discovered an extremely rare mummified dinosaur that includes not just bones but also seldom seen fossilized soft tissue such as skin and muscles, scientists will announce today.

The 25-foot-long hadrosaur found by Tyler Lyson in an ancient river flood plain in the dinosaur-rich Hell Creek Formation is apparently the most complete and best preserved of the half-dozen mummified dinosaurs unearthed since early in the last century, they said.



Tyler Lyson, who made the original discovery of the mummified dinosaur in North Dakota in 1999, does the meticulous work of removing the rock matrix from the fossilized skin. (By Phillip Manning -- National Geographic)

Much scientific investigation remains to be done, and no peer-reviewed studies of it have yet been published, but the discovery appears to be yielding tantalizing new clues about the size, body mechanics and appearance of the reptilian beasts that ruled the Earth millions of years ago, said paleontologists studying the specimen.

"He looks like a blow-up dinosaur in some parts," said Phillip Manning, a paleontologist at the University of Manchester in England who is leading the inquiry. "When you actually look at the detail of the skin, the scales themselves are three dimensional. . . . The arm is breathtaking. It's a three-dimensional arm, you can shake the dinosaur by the hand. It just defies logic that such a remarkable specimen could preserve."

[wantarace17]

jurassic park roar

[Zguy28]

Cool. :cool:

[Sweet Sassy Molassy]

I'll be the first to say it.

This thread is useless without pics.

[spjunkies]

I'll be the first to say it.

This thread is useless without pics.


DAMN IT I was going to say it but I saw the pics on the website and didn't bother :mad:

[Corcaigh]

"The areas of uncollapsed skin have aided researchers in reconstructing Dakota's muscle sizes and allowed them to see, for instance, that a hadrosaur's backside was about 25 percent larger than previously thought."

Hadrosaur's everywhere are gnashing their teeth.

[cphil006]

wow, soft tissue. That is a first, perhaps it will shed light on dinos

[Burgold]

that was my thought too. THis could be lead to some pretty cool stuff. More, actually seeing a dinosaur somewhat intact could lead to so many changes and answers.

[Burgold]

I'll be the first to say it.

This thread is useless without pics.


Fine. If you insist, but it may not be safe for work

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[edgun88]

"The areas of uncollapsed skin have aided researchers in reconstructing Dakota's muscle sizes and allowed them to see, for instance, that a hadrosaur's backside was about 25 percent larger than previously thought."

Hadrosaur's everywhere are gnashing their teeth.

Your mom's backside was about 25 percent larger than previously thought....last night.




:silly:

[The Brave Little Toaster Oven]

Clone that motha so we can have a real life Jurassic Park :laugh: :laugh:

[rincewind]

God is getting trickier and trickier with his testing of our faith. ;)

[Corcaigh]

Your mom's backside was about 25 percent larger than previously thought....last night.




:silly:

If necrophilia is your thing, go for it.

[Predicto]

You can't clone this - there is no organic material. It's all rock. The organic material was replaced by minerals. The thing is, organic material usually rots too fast to get fossilized, so all we usually get is bones. But this time, the fossiliation happened to a lot of the flesh as well.

It's really awesome, but no Jurassic park possibilities here. :mad:

[Burgold]

Unless we figure out reverse the mineralization and fossilation process. Science Fiction writers can never be thwarted... hah!

[Zguy28]

God is getting trickier and trickier with his testing of our faith. ;)


The thing is, organic material usually rots too fast to get fossilized, so all we usually get is bones. But this time, the fossiliation happened to a lot of the flesh as well.Rince, given what Predicto said, its probably reassuring to those who believe in a young earth.:2cents:

[rincewind]

Rince, given what Predicto said, its probably reassuring to those who believe in a young earth.:2cents:



Why you going to get all logical on my joke? Don't make come over there. :mad:

[Predicto]

Rince, given what Predicto said, its probably reassuring to those who believe in a young earth.:2cents:

Sadly, you are probably right.

I can see the "science" being drafted right now, on Young Earth websites all across the nation. They should have a working theory up with 48 hours, with creationist peer review completed the next day. That way Skinsfan51 can post about it by next Monday or so. :)

[Zguy28]

Sadly, you are probably right.

I can see the "science" being drafted right now, on Young Earth websites all across the nation. They should have a working theory up with 48 hours, with creationist peer review completed the next day. That way Skinsfan51 can post about it by next Monday or so. :)I would've thought it have been already out there. The fossil was found in 1998 or something.

[Zguy28]

Why you going to get all logical on my joke? Don't make come over there. :mad:http://members.aol.com/Al5010/sounds/eatsp.wav

[Burgold]

What does that mean that there's a thread about astronomic phenomenon, perty pics of the sun as it goes through its cycle and people want to talk about global warming?

or

You have a thread about finding dino's soft tissue and getting a better look at what dinosaurs were really like, but people want to talk about Creationism?

Why do these things have to be shortcuts for people's soapboxes?

Er... excuse me. I need to get off mine.

[rincewind]

What does that mean that there's a thread about astronomic phenomenon, perty pics of the sun as it goes through its cycle and people want to talk about global warming?

or

You have a thread about finding dino's soft tissue and getting a better look at what dinosaurs were really like, but people want to talk about Creationism?

Why do these things have to be shortcuts for people's soapboxes?

Er... excuse me. I need to get off mine.



Because its the tailgate. Duh. :rolleyes:

[Zguy28]

What does that mean that there's a thread about astronomic phenomenon, perty pics of the sun as it goes through its cycle and people want to talk about global warming?

or

You have a thread about finding dino's soft tissue and getting a better look at what dinosaurs were really like, but people want to talk about Creationism?

Why do these things have to be shortcuts for people's soapboxes?

Er... excuse me. I need to get off mine.I blame Global Warming.

Oh wait...

[rincewind]

I blame Global Warming.

Oh wait...



I blame the creation of global warming... or was it the evolution of Earth's natural cooling/heating periods???

[Burgold]

much better :laugh:























No wait! That's more of the same :tantrum:

[Zguy28]

I blame the creation of global warming... or was it the evolution of Earth's natural cooling/heating periods???You have learned much.

But do you hear the grasshopper at your feet?

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