Tag Archive for 'Fossilization'

Evidence of desiccation in Edmontosaurus. Image credit: Drumheller et al., doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275240.

New Research Indicates Simple Path to Preserving Dinosaur Soft Tissues

Oct 12, 2022 by News Staff

A new analysis of a natural ‘mummy’ of the hadrosaurian dinosaur Edmontosaurus from the Hell Creek Formation of southwestern North Dakota — which...

Rasmussen & Muhling show that the infiltration of liquid hydrocarbons was responsible for the formation of these filamentous microfossils from the Red Dog Zn-Pb-Ag massive sulfide deposit in the western Brooks Range, northern Alaska, the United States. Image credit: Rasmussen & Muhling, doi: 10.1130/G46346.1.

New Type of Fossilization Discovered

Nov 5, 2019 by News Staff

A previously unrecognized mode of fossilization of ancient microbes may explain how some of Earth’s oldest microfossils formed, according to new research. Rasmussen...