Most Intact Dinosaur Fossil Ever Found

Scientists today announced the discovery of what appears to be the world's most intact dinosaur find: a 67-million-year-old plant-eater that contains fossilized bones and skin tissue. Although the article keeps referring to it as a mummy, it is actually a fossil, where minerals have replaced the original tissue. However, this happened faster than the organic matter could decompose, giving us unprecedented details about this species and new insights into dinosaurs in general. For example, since the orientation of the skeleton is intact, it was found that the hadrosaur and other dinosaurs were evidently larger than previously thought.
The National Geographic Channel, which helped fund the research, will have a special on the discovery in a documentary called Dino Autopsy on Sunday, Dec. 9, at 8pm Central. I'm setting my DVR.

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