I do, I do, I DO believe in #dragons 😍💕 _ @thekiereneffect @kanzacs #onthebucketlist _ #regrann from @drlindseyfitzharris - DINOSAUR MUMMY?! Scientists are hailing this the "best-preserved dinosaur specimen" ever discovered. Although it's 110 million years old, the creatures’ skin, armor, and even some of its guts are intact. Indeed, it’s so well-preserved that many people are calling it a “dinosaur mummy.” It is a member of a new species named nodosaur. When it was alive, the dinosaur was an enormous four-legged herbivore protected by a spiky, plated armor. The nodosaur was found in 2011 in Alberta, Canada. How the creature remained so well in tact is a mystery. Scientists think it may have been swept away by a flooded river and carried out to sea, where it eventually sank. Over millions of years on the ocean floor, minerals took the place of the dinosaur's armor and skin, preserving it in the lifelike form now on display, according to National Geographic, who paired up with the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology to study the specimen. An unsuspecting excavator operator uncovered the historic discovery while digging in an oil sands mine. Since then, it has taken researchers 7,000 hours over the course of the last six years to prepare the dinosaur for display at the Royal Tyrrell Museum. This isn’t related to medical history, but I just had to share this story with you. It’s totally mind-blowing! Info Credit: All That Is Interesting & CNN. Photo Credit: National Geographic. #dinosaur #paleontology #excavation #archeology #archeologist #paleontologist #dinosaurbones #bones #TIL #believeitornot #themoreyouknow #jurassicpark #dino #nodosaur https://www.instagram.com/p/BnmSaGyg1LH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1xnb1sngr0tnc
