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German Paleontologists Find a 'Near-Perfect' Dinosaur Fossil

Posted by timothy on from the aber-nicht-ganz-perfekt dept.

First time accepted submitter howzit writes "German paleontologists have discovered what they believe is the best-preserved dinosaur skeleton ever found. The flesh-eating member of the theropod subgroup, which walked on its hind legs, is about 98 percent complete, and also includes preserved bits of skin. 'The around 135-million-year-old fossil is of outstanding scientific importance.'"

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  1. Re:Uhmmm... presvered skin? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    what are you going to do with a 135 million year old dinosaur fossil?

    Science?

  2. Re:Uhmmm... presvered skin? by jasen666 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The "skin" is still fossilized, but you can see the texture and possibly structure of it. It's not preserved in the way you're thinking. Although, they have found some biological matter preserved in the center of large bones before. T-rex bones, I believe.

    A fossil like this is rare and worth a decent amount. Collectors will pay obscene amounts for it, amounts that a museum may not be able to match. So just be happy they loaned it to a museum at all, so at least we can glean some scientific knowledge from it.

  3. Re:Whit, what? 135M yr old? by publiclurker · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Pointing out the ignorance of people who believe this superstitious BS should be marked insightful. So what if the truth makes you look bad.

  4. Why by publiclurker · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If you are going to pretend to be a bible banging fool, shouldn't you spell like one also?