A MUMMIFIED dinosaur unearthed in North Dakota may contain traces of 66-million-year old organic material, which could provide vital information about its evolution.
The , complete with skin and tendons, was discovered in 1999. Named “Dakota”, it was a rare find as bacteria in the soil usually break down soft tissue quickly. However, the rapid burial of Dakota in a waterlogged, low-oxygen environment allowed fossilisation to outpace the normal processes of microbial decay, preserving areas of soft tissue.
and at the University of Manchester, UK, used electron microscopy and X-ray…
