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Old May 30th, 2013 #10
N.B. Forrest
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"The process of decay was overtaken by that of fossilization, preserving many of the soft-tissue structures," Manning said.
I've seen that, and it's fascinating - but when they speak of "preserving" the soft tissue, don't they just mean that the impression has been preserved? I know that fossilized bones are no longer real bones, but mineral impressions.

But a few years ago there was another find even more spectacular: they said they'd found actual SOFT DINOSAUR FLESH....
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