What did dinosaur skin look like? Fossil from 1940 shows
The tissues of the MH7 fossil were so precisely preserved that researchers could study individual skin cells. In some samples ...
Age and burial environment don't hinder soft tissue preservation in dinosaurs, study suggests
Soft tissue preservation in fossils does not seem to depend upon the species, age or burial environment of the fossils in ...
Soft tissue of a plesiosaur reveals it had scales similar to those of sea turtles
A small team of archaeologists, geologists, paleontologists and climate scientists has found that at least one type of ...
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183 million-year-old plesiosaur fossil found preserved with skin, scales
We report a virtually complete plesiosaur from the Lower Jurassic (∼183 Ma)3 Posidonia Shale of Germany that preserves skin ...
Paleontologists solve decades’ old mystery about plesiosaur skin texture
While experts know details about its diet, size, and general habitat, the aquatic reptile’s skin characteristics have ...
Fossils Preserve Both Skin and Scales From an Ancient Sea Monster
With serpentine necks, flippers and a mouth full of needle-sharp teeth, plesiosaurs have captured imaginations since ...
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66-million-year-old vomit discovered in Denmark reveals dinosaur-era fish diet
This 66-million-year-old fossilized vomit comes from the end of the Cretaceous period when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
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66 million-year-old fish vomit from time of the dinosaurs found in Denmark
The fragments of vomit would have been emitted when dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus ... held together by a few soft parts. During the period, fish and sharks would eat them despite the fact ...
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66 million-year-old fish vomit from time of the dinosaurs found in Denmark
Scientists have discovered what might be the “world’s most famous piece of puke ever” after a piece of fossilised vomit dating back to the age of the dinosaurs ... by a few soft parts.