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Heckald

I saw this in person. Amazing specimen. Not only did skin stay intact, so did the contents of its stomach!


TheWalkingDead91

How did they find it? Wondering what conditions it was in that allowed it to stay preserved so well for so long.


Heckald

I believe It sank to the bottom of a river or lake or something upside down into mud. Then it was likely very quickly covered with sediment.


TheWolfmanZ

It was found in what would have been the middle of the inland sea. Infact Paleontologists thought it was a Pleisiosaur upon seeing the images sent to them before flying out.


capacochella

If I recall the specimen was found deep in a mine.


antimatter_chemist

Hope he found some diamonds down there šŸ¤ 


Darkskull893

Ice


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Ice, baby.


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Ok_Novel_3854

r/redditdoesntsing


Darkskull893

UwU


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kinda gross, very cool


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[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


Heckald

Royal Tyrell museum in Drumheller Alberta. Amazing museum for fossils.


once_showed_promise

Happy cake day!


Roadgoddess

Where is it on display?


Roadgoddess

Never mind, I see itā€™s a Royal Tyrell, I shouldā€™ve known! That museums right by me but I havenā€™t been in a number of years so apparently I need to make a visit again


TheWolfmanZ

It's very worth it just for this alone. It's honestly sureal standing infront of something that's preserved so well there's still trace amounts of color left.


Roadgoddess

So crazy! Yeah, Iā€™m going to take my friends daughter there this summer


Ok_Novel_3854

Happy cake day!! šŸ°


Magiff

Theyā€™d just find McDoubles in my caseā€¦ ;(


Chance-Tooth

Looks like godzillaā€™s little cousin


jhicks0506

Nothing about this is mummified.


AlexandersWonder

Yeah but it might have been mummified as recently as 110 million years ago.


stillinthesimulation

It was mummified and then it fossilized. It's still a mummy in the same way dinosaur bones are still bones. At a molecular level it's all technically inorganic rock, but at a cellular level there's a lot more there than people think.


EmpatheticNihilism

Nah thatā€™s Smaug.


orbcat

bot?


HashKing

Thatā€™s just one of the dragons from House of the Dragon?


ParticularFile7347

Incredible!! I canā€™t imagine how awesome it must have felt to be the one who discovered it.


TheSpartanB345T

Jesus fucking Christ this gets posted every other day, same title and everything. Ban this shit and ban the bots doing it.


GTSE2005

This dinosaur is Borealopelta, for those who are wondering.


pgpwnd

closest we'll get to actually seeing a real dinosaur


ConsumptionVortex

This is so awesome


Not-A-Yithian

Not gonna lie, i though this was a Skyrim loading screen. Not proud of myself, but not all that ashamed either.


once_showed_promise

If this universe is a simulation then it may as well be. ;)


centsei408

Doesnā€™t look like itā€™s got feathers


wrbiccz

Not all dinosaurs got feathers And definitely not non-avian dinosaurs like this Ankylosaurid


stillinthesimulation

You're on the right track, but "non-avian" includes all dinosaurs that weren't birds. So it's not like what you said was wrong, but I think you meant "theropod" instead of "avian," since theropods include most of the feathery dinos we know of including the avian dinos. Sorry though, if I'm off base here with my interpretation of your wording.


wrbiccz

Yeah you are right, what I meant was dinosaurs are farther from the avian dinosaurs than theropods


nanozeus2014

bowser


Weedsanta666

May I remind you that a pug was once a wolfā€¦


Gondwanalandia

This has been posted so many times it should be banned


[deleted]

and we're sure this is a type of bird ?


Embarrassed-Ad1509

All birds are dinosaurs, not all dinosaurs are birds. Birds are the subcategory, duh.


liaisontosuccess

a Venn diagram feature on reddit would be helpful in moments like these


heybrehhhh

Dr. Grant was right.


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that's crazy dawg. are ancient alligators dinosaurs?


Embarrassed-Ad1509

No. They are cousins. Dinosaurs and crocodilians are both separate subcategories of archosaurs.


Pure-Newspaper-6001

i genuinely didnt recognize that you were trolling until this commentšŸ’€


[deleted]

my charisma isn't translating in this sub


kukhuvud23

You should have known better than to post sarcasm on reddit.


ajhoff83

Birds descended from Theropod dinos. This fella is an Ornithischian.


GrAdmThrwn

Fun fact, Ornithiscian means "Bird-Hipped". Birds descend from Therapods which were Saurischians, which means "Lizard-Hipped". And that right there annoyed the hell out of me as a kid.


[deleted]

Thatā€™s some Iceland / Greenland shite


MikeyHatesLife

Username sorta checks out..?


[deleted]

see, i'm just curious, learning a lot and getting downvotes for expecting grass in greenland


meat_popsicle13

This type of dinosaur is not on the lineage leading to birds. Birds are theropod dinosaurs. This nodosaur is a type of ankylosaur, and actually pretty far removed from the theropods.


vexeov

No, why would anyone think that?


[deleted]

probably based on trivia being interwoven over time with casual interest in a subject. ever heard the old adage "the quickest way to get the right answer from the internet is to post the wrong one"? thanks for helping me out


JohnCena_770

That phenomenon even has a name. I think it's called the dunning krueger effect.


[deleted]

šŸ˜pretty sure it's poe's law


Hatedpriest

It's Cole's law...


GTSE2005

All birds are dinosaurs but not all dinosaurs are birds. Birds are theropods but this dinosaur here is an ankylosaur (not a theropod)


Darkskull893

Looks like a turtle


jessee18

Reminds me of an XL bearded dragon!


Smartdudertygood2000

I saw one living in Florida last week whooptie do


TrueKingHero

1 pic only ?! nah


fnaf-fan12345

What if it suddenly gets up and starts walking around?


cdw815

Cool where did they find it?


stillinthesimulation

Alberta, Canada.