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Dinosaur soft tissue found

Falcon1Falcon1 Elite Ranger
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Very cool :)

[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7124969.stm[/url]

Comments

  • MessiahMessiah Failed Experiment
    It was found in 1999 and is a fossil piece with no tissue remains. Cool anyway. :)
  • Falcon1Falcon1 Elite Ranger
    Well yeah it wasn't "real" squishy tissue but close enough ;)

    Odd that this is only reported now. 1999 was a long time ago.
  • Space GhostSpace Ghost Elite Ranger
    Just don't go to the theme park when it opens... I hear it's nothing but trouble.
  • Random ChaosRandom Chaos Actually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
    I wonder if they shed their skin. If so, there would be some mighty big skins lying around :D
  • ChaosedChaosed Ranger
    No feathers. Just on some of them then.
  • MessiahMessiah Failed Experiment
    [QUOTE=Falcon1;167720]Well yeah it wasn't "real" squishy tissue but close enough ;)

    Odd that this is only reported now. 1999 was a long time ago.[/QUOTE]

    Probably reporters that missed it..

    And I wondered about feathers too.. Any experts on fossil remains here? ;)
  • croxiscroxis I am the walrus
    I know that some feather imprints have been left on some dinos. The process is when mineral rich water fills up the liquid spaces in a living thing and replaces the carbon with minerals, such as silica. Fossilized feathers are possible but, if I remember right, they are not cellular (and cells are mostly liquid) and therefor not so quick on the mineralization.
  • JackNJackN <font color=#99FF99>Lightwave Alien</font>
    I know I posted about this either earlier this year or late last year. It was a BBC news thing I had the link to before...

    :)
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