Fibres and cellular structures preserved in 75-million–year-old dinosaur specimens

Exceptionally preserved organic remains are known throughout the vertebrate fossil record, and recently, evidence has emerged that such soft tissue might contain original components. We examined samples from eight Cretaceous dinosaur bones using nano-analytical techniques; the bones are not exceptio...

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Main Authors: Bertazzo, Sergio, Maidment, Susannah C. R., Kallepitis, Charalambos, Fearn, Sarah, Stevens, Molly M., Xie, Hai-nan
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Pub. Group 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4468865/