“We don’t just have a skeleton,” one researcher involved said. “We have a dinosaur as it would have been.”
It is being celebrated by scientists as the most well-preserved dinosaur specimen ever found. That’s why you cannot see its bones – they remain covered by intact skin and armor.
Discovered accidentally by miners in Canada, this fossilized nodosaur dates back over 110 million years, and remarkably, its skin still retains visible patterns. According to the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Alberta, Canada, which recently unveiled the find, the dinosaur is so well-preserved that instead of a ‘fossil’, we could safely call it a ‘dinosaur mummy.’
The researchers examining the find were amazed at the level of preservation of the specimen, as its skin, armor, and even some internal organs were still intact, something they had never encountered before.
“You don’t need to use much imagination to reconstruct it; if you just squint your eyes a bit, you could almost believe it was sleeping,” one researcher said.
Previously, only skeletons of nodosaurs had been discovered, which look like this:
This dinosaur was built like a tank. The nodosaur was an enormous four-legged herbivore protected by a spiky, plated armor. It weighed approximately 3,000 pounds.
To give you an idea of how intact the mummified nodosaur is: it still weighs 2,500 pounds!
Although how the dinosaur mummy could remain so intact for so long remains somewhat of a mystery, researchers suggest that the nodosaur may have been swept away by a flooded river and carried out to sea, where it eventually sank to the ocean floor.
As millions of years passed, minerals could have settled on the dinosaur’s armor and skin. This might help explain why the creature was preserved in such a lifelike form.
Researchers have named the 5.5 metre (18-foot-long) nodosaur Borealopelta markmitchelli, in honour of Royal Tyrrell Museum technician Mark Mitchell, who spent over 7,000 hours carefully unearthing the fossil from its rocky grave.
But how ‘lifelike’ is the specimen really? Well, apparently the preservation was so good that researchers were able to tell the dinosaur’s skin color by using mass spectrometry techniques to detect the actual pigments.
This way they found out that the nodosaur’s coloring was a dark reddish brown on the top of the body – and lighter on the underside. Since this dinosaur was an herbivore, its skin color must have played a role in protecting it from the enormous carnivores present at the time.
And the fact that we’re talking about a massive, heavily-armored dinosaur illustrates just how dangerous those predators must have been…
The nodosaur was found by an unsuspecting excavator operator that uncovered the historic discovery while digging in an oil sands mine, according to the museum’s news release about the exhibit. 7,000 painstaking reconstruction hours later, the nodosaur was ready to meet the public.
As if the preservation of skin, armor, and guts weren’t impressive enough, the dinosaur mummy is also unique in that it was preserved in three dimensions, with the original shape of the animal retained.
According to one researcher, “it will go down in science history as one of the most beautiful and best preserved dinosaur specimens – the Mona Lisa of dinosaurs.”
The Mona Lisa of dinosaurs… It is indeed, isn’t it?
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Everybody here is basically telling the thought process they have been taught their whole life!! While I personally believe in adaptation of species and evolution of all life. Let those who believe in other realms of consciousness, BELIEVE!! It hurts no one!!!!!!
Actually, it does hurt progress and and the further development of science because they will in turn teach many others in the next generation about their incorrect ideologies and then the cycle continues. It just mankind from moving forward.
You only have to google “scientific theory’s proven wrong” and you get an almost endless supply of so called “theory’s” That fooled so called experts. In some cases these “theory’s” where believed to be “fact” for decades.
Come back and comment after you learn proper English. I suggest starting with the difference between plurals and possessives. After that, you can work on the “Scientific Method”. Then, maybe, you might have a base to actually discuss issues of science with other adults.
So you did comprehend everything he said but don’t have an answer still?
A scientific theory isn’t a fact. Thats why its a theory. That’s just the best explanation at the time, as why it has happened. When our knowledge changes, so does the theory.
All facts are rooted in scientific theory. Mundane facts, such as the fact that shoes that lace up have to be laced, aren’t bothered with, but significant facts, such as the fact that the moon orbits the Earth are scientific theories. It’s called a fact because the evidence supporting the theory is extensive, and it’s withstood countless tests.
Um, theory in this case is not like, “Ah, Watson, I have a theory”. It means that it has been vetted, and best explains the situation with the facts at hand.
This article is about finding something cool not whether or not evolution is real. Just be happy about the dinosaur and go lol
exactly, and so many jump on the global warming band wagon
Which is why it’s called science. We change the theory to fit the facts as they are discovered, not vice versa.
In other words, theism’s opinions are considered facts, and science’s facts are considered opinions. (IMO)
Sorry love did you cross reference your googling or did you just google conspiricy theories and say job done.
Exactly.
Theories. The word theory’s means that it belongs to the theory. The word theories means more than one theory. How can we trust you to know what you’re talking about if you can’t even be bothered to educate yourself on the language you speak.
The trouble with bible nuts and anti-evolutinists is that their tiny little minds are made up and it is almost impossible to shake a closely-held belief, no matter how much logic and evidence you bring to the argument.
Is your mind made up? Would any argument change your mind?
When scientist Mary Schweitzer was trying to persuade a fellow researcher that she had found soft tissue in dinosaur fossils, something that should be impossible if the fossils were indeed as old as scientists believe them to be, he stated that what she was proposing was impossible, that she could not possibly have found what she claimed to have found. She asked him what sort of evidence it would take to change his mind. He replied that no evidence would be sufficient to change his mind.
Some evolutionists also lack the ability to reconsider their views, “no matter how much logic and evidence you bring to the argument.” Could you be one of those?
The big problem with the world everyone wants to be right but can’t admit when they’re wrong.
Cute story bro.
“One thing that does bother me, though, is that young earth creationists take my research and use it for their own message, and I think they are misleading people about it. Pastors and evangelists, who are in a position of leadership, are doubly responsible for checking facts and getting things right, but they have misquoted me and misrepresented the data. They’re looking at this research in terms of a false dichotomy [science versus faith] and that doesn’t do anybody any favours.” Mary Higby Schweitzer
Please be aware that only a small percentage are such “nuts.”
Saint Augustine knew better 1600 years ago.
ya sound so silly. the trouble with u is u think u know somethng lol! and ya don’t know anymore or can prove anymore than I could
There’s no way that creature is so old. The laws of physics dictate it is NOT that old.
Explain, please.
Please explain your answer & precisely what “laws of physics” are being violated.
And since you can say with great surety that “The laws of physics dictate it is NOT that old.” you can tell us all WHICH laws of physics are being violated?
And that “law” would be???
Not a theory, but a fact: Examination of the larynx of several species indicate that dinosaurs found in the Alberta area were capable of making unique sounds. Purportedly, they could often heard to make noises approximating the utterance “eh”.
Hahah!!
The unfalsified theory is the highest form of proof there is in science. Nothing is ever elevated to the lofty status of truth bc science always has to remain open to the possibility that new data will be uncovered which will better explain whatever it is we are explaining or defining. This is why whether it’s gravity or germs or evolution (things we all know exist) we still use the word theory. This doesnt mean it’s mean theoretical. The word theory has two nearly contradictory meanings, one is a speculative idea or thought and the other is the unfalsified scientific theory,, which, as I said, is the highest form of proof there is in the scientific method.
A “best ” explanation is still a theory. Unless you have valid, repeatable proof, it remains theory. No theory is more valid than another, because neither has been proven. The age of the earth will never be proven, and thus remains a theory. Unfalsified, so not intentionally false, but not fact either, so just an unverified theory. Nice try, still just an unproven idea.
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I guess science and geology do not matter to you as in a 110 million years the earth and its waters have shifted dramatically. Or do you believe the earth is only 5000 yrs. old?
Why does it matter to you?
OMG, HAVE I STUMBLED INTO A TIME PORTAL? It’s 2020, and people are actually debating whether evolution is real?
Respectfully, evolution is NOT a fact. It is still referred to as a THEORY. The probem with evolution is the humongous gaps in the fossil record that would prove it out. Here is an interesting reference regarding the fossil record: https://www.jw.org/finder?srcid=jwlshare&wtlocale=E&prefer=lang&docid=1101985015
Hi Forrest,
Gaps in the fossil record are NOT a problem for the theory of evolution. De Beer put that to rest in 1930 with his work on evolutionary developmental biology.
Evolution most definitely IS true – its being referred to as a theory does not mean it is a guess or a hypothesis. You may recall that it is a ‘Theory of Gravity” too.
An unfalsified scientific theory is the highest form of proof allowed in science. See my comment above.
Someone here needs to understand what a THEORY is.
It is NOT a hypothesis. It is a scientific understanding of reality that has a preponderance of evidence behind it.
Please learn what words mean and how to use them.
This is the best argument so far because semantics and close-minded belief is the source of all conflict on this merry-go-round.
Respectfully, evolution is referred to as a Theory in the scientific sense. Gravity is also referred to as a theory. Both have thus far stood up to all possible scrutiny but science, being open to new data and being based on modifying its principles to fit new data, unlike dogma or religion, uses the word “theory” rather than “law” or “fact,” when in fact the amount of evidence to support it is insurmountably huge and has even been observed in real time. There is no problem with the gaps in the fossil record except the inability of small minds to comprehend the vast breadth of time and to be astonished at how FEW “humongous” gaps remain in that fossil record, and how many of those gaps have been filled.
I’m not intending to argue anything just came to say that gravity is a law. The theory of relativity that explains how gravity works is a theory but gravity itself is a law. When something can be directly observed and repeated with the same results and equations can be written to predict these observations a they are considered laws. Theories are just the best explanation for a set of observations/facts.
For something to be considered a theory in it means it has to have near irrefutable proof and facts backing it up. A theory in scientific terms doesn’t just mean a hunch, it means something is basically proven to be true.
Just saying nothing in saving is ever proven. “Proof” in science is a myth. There may be evidence that supports a theory but there is no proof and it is not proven. In fact the greatest contributors to science have been people that have questioned the narrative and have shown theories to be wrong (geocentric in particular). Does not mean evidence can not be compelling but it is technically not proof.
Im tired of having to say this so look it up if you dont believe me. But theories in science arent guesses. Theyre the best explanation we have for things we observe. You are understandably conflating theory and hypothesis because outside of science we use them interchangeably
This is a misunderstanding of what a scientific theory is. Theory in everyday conversation means it’s not necessarily fact, but in scientific terms, a theory is something proven far beyond reasonable doubt and is as close to fact as science can get.
Religion is also a theory and not a fact. Yet we seem to have mounting evidence for evolution and squat for religion!
Why does this always happen , its would be nice if more people debated rather then argued ..:( all this ability to connect with one another across vast distances and so much of that luxory wasted ..
I just think this is pretty cool :)
Religion isn’t even a theory. It’s a belief. A shared group belief, but just a belief. No proof given, none available; they explain that by saying you have to “have faith.”
Define what a scientific theory is, then tell me what is more important, a scientific law or a scientific theory. Because I’m betting my next paycheck you get the very basic fundamental definition wrong.
Evolution is a fact. It’s written in stone, and you can go visit the facts in any paleontology department of any university. Evolution was accepted as a fact long before Darwin. NATURAL SELECTION is the theory that explains the FACT of evolution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_selection
Absolutely nothing from jw.org is factual. Cults are not in the business of providing scientific facts, especially if those facts contradict their teachings. They make up their own “facts”.
You sir, do not understand the difference between a scientific theory and the colloquial use of the term. A scientific theory is not just a guess. Gravity is a theory. I don’t see you jumping off high cliffs to test it out
Why am I not surprised your name is Forrest?
Evolution is a fact and it is a process that can still be observed and measured today.
thats not hard to believe, have you heard of the flatearthers?
110 million years old? Pardon me while I laugh….
Laugh at how it’s awesome they found this so well preserved? Yeah it is awesome. Or do you believe the earth isn’t millions of years old?
Same old nonsense from the bronze-age, fundamentalist, Abrahamic, claptrap purveyors of the Judaeo-Christian, Moslem belief systems I see!
Don’t through MUSLIMS in there. We invented most of the sciences and still are leaders in many fields.
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Evolution is a THEORY, not a fact! Darwin denounced it before he died. Scientists can’t because it would cost millions to change all the highway signs, museum signs, text books, etc. All because of their ‘mistakes’. That is a LOT of egg on your faces…
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That’s actually a myth. Darwin’s children said he never reverted back to Christianity nor denounced evolution on his death bed.
Enjoy your omelette.
Scientific theories are facts.
Colloquial theory and scientific theory are two different things.
If you don’t believe in evolution, you better stay away from modern medicine, as everything to do with biology hinges on the fact that evolution is true.
Theory is not fact until proven…repeatedly proven.
On the contrary, a theory holds up if it fails to be disproven. A theory has to hold up against attempts to falsify. Otherwise any theory that fits the data would be taken as fact.
Exactly, A Theory holds up. It still remains a Theory until repeatedly proven, then it becomes a fact. If it fails, its obviously disproven, and most times discarded until a few flat earthers pick it up again.
Minor correction, there.
Theories don’t get promoted to Facts. Facts support Theories.
And a Theory isn’t ‘repeatedly proven.’ It’s just not DISproven, which isn’t the same thing.
Holden, you are correct but it has to be proven many times simpletons will accept things like darwins theory of evolution which in no way shape, or form has been proven even one time yet they swallow that camel as if it is fact which shows how easily lead the “scientific” community is lead down rediculous paths of false education hence the reason so many of our medicals communities are so far lost to such nonsense and we get no REAL treatments that will fight real disease…
the only REAL PROVEN SCIENCE we have on this earth is the science of numbers…that is irrefutable…
There are facts that support theories, and when a theory is 100% proven is no longer a theory but a fact, so a theory is not itself a fact.
Christianity have ZERO facts.
Evolution is a fantasy religion not based on real science!
It is easily proved a lie by the known laws of nature that they even tell you in books on evution!
It is a fact that according to science every major mutation in nature is sterile and cannot reproduce.
So any evolution cannot happen if it cannot reproduce itself.
Also according to the second law of thermodynamics, all nature goes from more complex to less complex state.
So nature left to itself naturally evolves to a lower state not more highly evolved state.
Evolution happens in hours when bacteria becomes resistant to antibiotics . You should read more . Education is key to making knowledgeable statements. The Bible is not a factual book.
Say it louder to the people in the back!!
Reality check: If your interpretation of the 2nd law of thermodynamics were correct, then the growth of an individual multicellular organism, from a single cell to its adult form, would be impossible.
But the 2nd law of thermodynamics says that *a closed system* tends to move towards disorder. A “closed system” is one that doesn’t have an external source of energy.
The Earth has an external source of energy: The Sun. Plants use that energy to grow. Other animals feed on those plants, gaining their energy. And other animals feed on those animals. Etc. There is no contradiction of the 2nd law of thermodynamics here.
Oh, and biology doesn’t say that “every major mutation in nature is sterile”, nor does evolution require “major mutations” to happen all at once.
Then every living thing will eventually be one celled organisms. What schools did you attend?
You state that every major mutation is sterile, but evolution does not occur via major mutation. Minor changes result in evolutionary advancement.
If evolution is a fantasy, why did Jesus who originated in the middle east, a land of swarthy people with brown and black hair, morph into a tall slim white man with a light brown, almost blond hair? He now seems to have blue eyes in some of his pictures, now is that a fact of evolution or a religious ego fantasy?
pictures? what? they had cameras then ? wow!
Actually a theory is always a theory – a theory explains the facts and is based on the body of facts it explains – a theory is never itself a fact. The theory, not the fact, is the most important aspect of science. Without theories there are just an amorphous body of facts, and the application of science would be impossible.
Completely wrong. You are uninformed — please read this to correct your ignorance: https://ncse.ngo/definitions-fact-theory-and-law-scientific-work
As you will see there, in science, a *theory* never “grows up to be” a fact.
Incorrect. You are saying that theories eventually can grow up to be facts, and that is simply not true. Facts are the individual building block (data points, etc.) of theories. Theories may become supplanted by other theories.
Please read; https://ncse.ngo/definitions-fact-theory-and-law-scientific-work
A scientific theory is an explanation of an aspect of the natural world that can be repeatedly tested and verified in accordance with the scientific method, using accepted protocols of observation, measurement, and evaluation of results.
Other scientific theories include the theory of gravity, plate tectonic theory, and the theory of relativity (which includes the math that makes GPS satellites work).
Let me guess. You think we are all the incestual descendants of Adam and Eve..
Wow, you have to pretend to know nothing about biology to believe that. Bacteria and viruses are definitive proof the evolution is a fact. Darwin never retracted his theories, that’s BS made up by Christian anti science warriors. Apparently with enough $$$ and tv exposure, you can convince non critical thinkers of anything.
Unfortunately, we’ve seen that again and again over the last 4 years.
1. Obviously a troll. Is this y’all’s first time on the Internet?
2. Who would try and troll an article about dinosaurs? Well, successfully troll. Think I answered my own question.
I’m also a Christian and feel inclined to point out that gravity is also a scientific theory, so …. It’s important to note that “science” never lands on absolute truth. I personally don’t have a stance on evolution. I also would appreciate it if scientists didn’t try to “prove” religion false, it’s not really their realm of expertise, and much of what theology purports as true is not even subject to scientific method. Here’s a great speech about why it’s really quite foolish to try and prove religion wrong as a scientist:
https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/christian-smith/why-scientists-playing-amateur-atheology-fail/
No…it’s the “Law of Gravity” and the Theory of Evolution”
Yes. The law is “it happens, we don’t understand why but it always happens” and the theory is the explanation for multiple laws.
The earth is also flat….
Baloney! Imagine loading that on Noah’s ark? Boy, it takes a special kind of twerp to believe that bronze-age, Abrahamic, fundamentalist, Judaeo-Christian, Moslem claptrap.
I tend to believe that species slowly evolved to their environment over millions of years than a 3 day dead man magically rose from the dead. Egg…
Proud to be Christian ???? I’m just blown away by this name I can’t even
Gravity is also a scientific theory.
Just like germ theory.
Ah, so “proud to be Christian” is an apostate cultist. Mainstream Christians accept evolution – we are not ignorant, medieval-minded dolts.
It’s astounding that people are still walking around with 12th century worldviews in this 21st century. It’s a wonder that such people can manage to survive from day to day.
You misunderstand scientific terminology.
“In general, a scientific law is the description of an observed phenomenon. It doesn’t explain why the phenomenon exists or what causes it. The explanation of a phenomenon is called a scientific theory. It is a misconception that theories turn into laws with enough research.”
A fact is simply an observation (ie “the ball is red”) a law is an application of mathematical understanding to predict or calculate the results of a certain condition “if I turn off the lights, I will not be able to see the ball” a theory is a universally accepted explanation for a law or fact “the ball appears red because the cones in our eyes detect the red light waves reflected off the ball from the light”
You are 100% correct
Exactly, THEORY per dictionary.com
“noun
a coherent group of propositions formulated to explain a group of facts or phenomena in the natural world and repeatedly confirmed through experiment or observation:
the scientific theory of evolution.”
But why are we still explaining this, the trolls must know this, they just don’t believe in facts, knowledge, reason, logic… Just troll beliefs
Your statement is laughable. There is plenty of proof and theory regarding evolution. It’s religion that has no proof, just belief.
Why are people talking about this again now? This was talked about back in 2017.
But not enough for everyone to hear about it.
I find it doubtful DNA could be extracted to make a clone as all organic matter has been replaced by stone. Perhaps petrified would be a more accurate word than mummified. You could no more make a clone of this creature than you could clone a tree from petrified wood. But I do share the excitement of the idea of a living breathing dinosaur!