Mummified Dinosaur Unveiled

[undeniablynikki]

Another one...because I think this is awesome.

National Geographic

Comments

[tetrabinary]

This is an extraordinary discovery...I mean to have all that DNA and actual TISSUE is a boon beyond measure.

(And yes, Ducky was a hadrosaur)

[undeniablynikki]

Yeah, she is but I meant that apparently she's supposed to be a Parasaurolophus, although fans say she looks more like a Saurolophus. The mummified one in that rendering doesn't have the crest on the back of its head.

All that really matters is they're all in da family, though.

[tetrabinary]

I'm going to agree with you on the Saurolophus.

[xhorrorx]

The creature is fossilized, with the skin and bone turned to stone. "That does not mean DNA, the building blocks of life, can be recovered, Manning said."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071203/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_dinosaur_mummy_1
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071203/ap_on_sc/dinosaur_mummy;_ylt=AmnWpYDh6_gPpXtrnN8KLVcPLBIF

[stucking_foned]

i smell.... i smell.. ducky.
YOU SMELL ME??

[cielamara]

This is so unbelievably cool.

[voodooskeleton]

So like they found a WHOLE DINOSAUR?

Haven't they only ever previously found parts of dinosaurs and a whole actual dinosaur has never been found??

THIS IS THE GREATEST DISCOVERY SINCE THEY FOUND OUT THE BRONTOSAURUS WAS A FAKE.

[undeniablynikki]

Brontosaurus > Apatosaurus

[rob_t_firefly]

The extraordinarily preserved hadrosaur, or duck-billed dino, still had much of its tissues and bones intact, encased in an envelope of skin.

Mmmm, dino jerky.