Scylla Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 This 4 foot long dinosaur was probably buried alive resulting in excellent preservation. It had burrowing adaptations too. https://www.livescience.com/burrowing-dinosaurs-eternal-sleeper-fossils.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DD1991 Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 The dinosaur mentioned in this article is described in the following paper: Yang Y, Wu W, Dieudonné P, Godefroit P. 2020. A new basal ornithopod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China. PeerJ 8:e9832 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9832 Changmiania constitutes the second instance of a burrowing basal ornithopod, the other being the North American form Oryctodromeus. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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