A small
dinosaur fossil was discovered in Brazil in 1991. It is the Santanaraptor,
an early relative of the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Scientists believe that
only three dinosaur fossils with soft tissue have ever been discovered before this one.
Since then, a handful of others have been unearthed.
| What's special about the dinosaur mummy |
1. This is the only specimen
of an extinct dinosaur species that eventually evolved into the T-Rex.
2. Although excavators were
only able to recover the back end of the dinosaur (legs and part of the
hips and tail), they also found fossilized soft tissue (including blood
vessels and muscles). According to team leader Alexander Kellner of the
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, other scientists have found
fossilized impressions of soft tissue, but this is the first time that
fossilized tissue itself has been discovered. (FOXnews.com 5/19/00)
 Dinosaur
Mummies: Beyond Bare-Bone Fossils
by Kelly
Milner Halls takes
the reader on a chronological tour of various dinosaur mummy discoveries,
starting with the 1908 discovery of the Sternberg mummies. She moves on to
other fossilized discoveries, including the baby dinosaur in Italy. Highly
readable and highly recommended for kids.
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