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One of the most exciting forms of fossils that prehistoric animals can leave are fossilised ‘mummies’ - instances of exceptionally well-preserved skin and other soft tissues covering a good deal of the body.
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Sources:
Thaumastosaurus frog mummy:
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0074874
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/199/3/744/7222864?login=false
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02724634.2021.1989694
fi.nm.cz/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/FOSSIL_IMPRINT_c1_16_rage_web.pdf
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0009254124006661?via%3Dihub
peerj.com/articles/3861
researchgate.net/profile/Jean-Claude-Rage/publication/247160935_Rage_JC_2006_The_lower_vertebrates_from_the_Eocene_and_Oligocene_of_the_Phosphorites_du_Quercy_France_An_overview_Strata_13_161-173/links/0deec51e009da38ac8000000/Rage-JC-2006-The-lower-vertebrates-from-the-Eocene-and-Oligocene-of-the-Phosphorites-du-Quercy-France-An-overview-Strata-13-161-173.pdf
Edmontosaurus:
google.co.uk/books/edition/Hadrosaurs/E9sMBQAAQBAJ?hl=en
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0275240
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2023.2213287
archive.org/details/gravesecretsofdi0000mann_f3j8/mode/2up
https://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app20120077.html
schweizerbart.de/papers/zdgg/detail/171/93328/A_reappraisal_of_the_stomach_contents_of_the_Edmon?af=crossref
archive.org/details/mesozoicvertebra0000unse/page/494/mode/2up
cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(13)01394-8?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982213013948%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
aaps-journal.org/pdf/How-to-Mummify-a-Dinosaur.pdf
digitallibrary.amnh.org/items/10190e09-d3c8-4eeb-81e2-1ba8291425b4
jstor.org/stable/3624729?seq=1
jstor.org/stable/3624588?seq=1
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2009.0812
researchgate.net/publication/257446562_A_review_of_hadrosaur_skin_impressions
Lystrosaurus:
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018222003777?via%3Dihub
nature.com/articles/d41586-022-02323-5
Brachylophosaurus (Leonardo):
google.co.uk/books/edition/Hadrosaurs/E9sMBQAAQBAJ?hl=en
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/sepm/palaios/article-abstract/23/9/624/146014/Probable-Gut-Contents-Within-A-Specimen-Of
science.org/content/article/dinosaur-mummy-unveiled
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/edited_volume/chapter/1913376/pdf
greatplainsdinosaurs.org/leonardo
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/paleosoc/jpaleontol/article-abstract/90/2/279/588431/Trace-fossils-of-possible-parasites-inside-the-gut
web.archive.org/web/20160702000153/http://www.eartharchives.org/sharebars/409
Thescelosaurus leg:
bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-61013740
nature.com/articles/s41598-023-45658-3
pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1817407116
nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04446-1
nature.com/articles/s41598-021-03232-9
scicolloq.gsfc.nasa.gov/DePalma_2022.html
Tanis site controversy:
science.org/content/article/paleontologist-accused-faking-data-dino-killing-asteroid-paper
peerj.com/articles/18519
0:00 - Intro
1:55 - Frog Mummy!
5:45 - Edmontosaurus dinosaur mummies
16:13 - Lystrosaurus mummies
20:17 - Brachylophosaurus (Leonardo)
24:07 - Thescelosaurus leg
29:18 - Outro
One of the most exciting forms of fossils that prehistoric animals can leave are fossilised ‘mummies’ - instances of exceptionally well-preserved skin and other soft tissues covering a good deal of the body.
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Sources:
Thaumastosaurus frog mummy:
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0074874
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/199/3/744/7222864?login=false
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02724634.2021.1989694
fi.nm.cz/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/FOSSIL_IMPRINT_c1_16_rage_web.pdf
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0009254124006661?via%3Dihub
peerj.com/articles/3861
researchgate.net/profile/Jean-Claude-Rage/publication/247160935_Rage_JC_2006_The_lower_vertebrates_from_the_Eocene_and_Oligocene_of_the_Phosphorites_du_Quercy_France_An_overview_Strata_13_161-173/links/0deec51e009da38ac8000000/Rage-JC-2006-The-lower-vertebrates-from-the-Eocene-and-Oligocene-of-the-Phosphorites-du-Quercy-France-An-overview-Strata-13-161-173.pdf
Edmontosaurus:
google.co.uk/books/edition/Hadrosaurs/E9sMBQAAQBAJ?hl=en
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0275240
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2023.2213287
archive.org/details/gravesecretsofdi0000mann_f3j8/mode/2up
https://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app20120077.html
schweizerbart.de/papers/zdgg/detail/171/93328/A_reappraisal_of_the_stomach_contents_of_the_Edmon?af=crossref
archive.org/details/mesozoicvertebra0000unse/page/494/mode/2up
cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(13)01394-8?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982213013948%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
aaps-journal.org/pdf/How-to-Mummify-a-Dinosaur.pdf
digitallibrary.amnh.org/items/10190e09-d3c8-4eeb-81e2-1ba8291425b4
jstor.org/stable/3624729?seq=1
jstor.org/stable/3624588?seq=1
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2009.0812
researchgate.net/publication/257446562_A_review_of_hadrosaur_skin_impressions
Lystrosaurus:
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018222003777?via%3Dihub
nature.com/articles/d41586-022-02323-5
Brachylophosaurus (Leonardo):
google.co.uk/books/edition/Hadrosaurs/E9sMBQAAQBAJ?hl=en
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/sepm/palaios/article-abstract/23/9/624/146014/Probable-Gut-Contents-Within-A-Specimen-Of
science.org/content/article/dinosaur-mummy-unveiled
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/edited_volume/chapter/1913376/pdf
greatplainsdinosaurs.org/leonardo
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/paleosoc/jpaleontol/article-abstract/90/2/279/588431/Trace-fossils-of-possible-parasites-inside-the-gut
web.archive.org/web/20160702000153/http://www.eartharchives.org/sharebars/409
Thescelosaurus leg:
bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-61013740
nature.com/articles/s41598-023-45658-3
pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1817407116
nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04446-1
nature.com/articles/s41598-021-03232-9
scicolloq.gsfc.nasa.gov/DePalma_2022.html
Tanis site controversy:
science.org/content/article/paleontologist-accused-faking-data-dino-killing-asteroid-paper
peerj.com/articles/18519
0:00 - Intro
1:55 - Frog Mummy!
5:45 - Edmontosaurus dinosaur mummies
16:13 - Lystrosaurus mummies
20:17 - Brachylophosaurus (Leonardo)
24:07 - Thescelosaurus leg
29:18 - Outro
