Post details: Near perfect fossil baby therapod found

10/16/11

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Near perfect fossil baby therapod found

by Denyse O'Leary
ARN correspondent

In "Perfect fossil could be most complete dinosaur ever"(New Scientist, 13 October 2011). Jeff Hecht tells us,

Although Chinese bird and dinosaur fossils are famed for delicate details such as their feathers, they don't match this 72-centimetre-long theropod in terms of clarity and completeness of preservation.
98% of the skeleton has been preserved.

A friend of Uncommon Descent offers a detail gleaned from the German report (fossil wasfound in Bavaria): "This one comes complete with skin. Actually discovered two years ago, but kept quiet to avoid thievery."* You’ll see why.

Here's the dino under UV light.

* The wily researchers may have been thinking of a curious incident in the afterlife of famous fossil Flores Man. (Search on "suitcase"), as in: the container in which the fossil left the site one day ....

Denyse O'Leary is co-author of The Spiritual Brain. Follow UD News at Twitter!

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