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Dino Stomach

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Armored dinosaur's last meal preserved in stunning detail: Fossilized gut contents reveal details of the prehistoric creature's daily life

Yeah, that sounds gross, but in my opinion, this is a really cool find.



On a summer day 110 million years ago*, an armored dinosaur likely ambled through the remains of a wildfire in what is now Alberta, Canada, gobbling up delicate green ferns peeking out from the ash. Somehow, shortly after, the dinosaur ended up dead in a river among the Cretaceous landscape and was swept out to sea. The ancient creature remained entombed in marine sediments until 2011, when an oil-sands miner stumbled across the remains: the best-preserved dinosaur of its kind ever discovered.

Already, the fossil has shed new light on how armored dinosaurs’ hardened exteriors looked and functioned. Now, scientists studying the extraordinary fossil have made a new discovery: a ball of plant matter in the dinosaur’s gut that not only reveals the animal’s diet, but also chronicles the season the dinosaur died.


So what was in the stomach?


Another thing I found interesting.  The fossil is a Borealopelta.  Never heard of that type of dino before.


Grace & Peace & Love to you all -

Matt



* can't be correct;  there's no way Earth was around 110 million years ago

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