Here there be dragons.

[Sparko]

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[rogue06]

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There has been quite a bit of buzz about the Suncor nodosaur for the last few months prior to its official unveiling including a bit on it in an episode in a YouTube series called Dino Trails posted a couple months ago (unfortunately I don't remember which episode it was ). I've been waiting for the actual paper describing the find rather than just the article in National Geographic.

[Sparko]

There has been quite a bit of buzz about the Suncor nodosaur for the last few months prior to its official unveiling including a bit on it in an episode in a YouTube series called Dino Trails posted a couple months ago (unfortunately I don't remember which episode it was ). I've been waiting for the actual paper describing the find rather than just the article in National Geographic.

Is it time for a new avatar for you?

[Duragizer]

Found in Canada, eh? As if I needed another reason to be proud of my homeland.

[Sparko]

Found in Canada, eh? As if I needed another reason to be proud of my homeland.

It was mossy's first kitty.

[TheWall]

Roars in maple syrup.

[rogue06]

It was mossy's first kitty.

Back in the day when she had no seals to club and had to settle for a few Castorocauda

[Duragizer]

Roars in maple syrup.

I dunno. Looks more like a poutine-eater to me.

[Joel]

How fast does fossilization have to occur in order to fossilize skin and brain tissue, before they decay?

[rogue06]

How fast does fossilization have to occur in order to fossilize skin and brain tissue, before they decay?

It really depends on conditions.

For instance, if the area that the carcass washed into were anoxic waters then there will be an absence of not only scavengers but the microbes that start the decaying process. This can radically slow the rate of deterioration allowing for an organism to be slowly covered, including exposed soft parts, and improve the odds of being fossilized.

[Sparko]

I think you guys are missing the shocking truth here:

Dinosaurs were made out of stone.

[rogue06]

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[Sparko]

Today life is carbon-based. but millions of years ago life was all silicon-based. That is why we find stone plants and animals everywhere

[HMS_Beagle]

Today life is carbon-based. but millions of years ago life was all silicon-based. That is why we find stone plants and animals everywhere

Separated at birth?

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[rogue06]

Separated at birth?

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Damn it Jim. I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer.