Troodon Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 This was on several twitter paleo pages, posted this morning by several paleontologists. Comments and photos are that of the of North Dakota Geological Survey's Paleontology protection program. 2014 article https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/oct/21/dakota-ducbkilled-dinosaur-home-bismarck This was the old "Dakota" exhibit. It was meant to be temporary. The arm is the piece on the bottom edge. It was previously displayed with the palm up, and this side was not well prepared and wasn't exposed before. This is indeed a portion of "Dakota" the Dinomummy, which is part of the North Dakota State Fossil Collection. We are currently working on cleaning this specimen for a new exhibit to open Feb 2020 People were confused at exactly what they were looking at here, so we've thrown together a little guide to explain how the bones of the hand relate to the fossilized soft tissue. Yes, digit III has a large 'hoof-like' nail, and much of the hand is encased in 'mitten' of skin. What this means is that the fingers could not really move independently that much, but acted more as a single unit. The tiny pink finger (digit V) is reduced and had no nail. Note: these images are "in progress" images. More work has been completed since they were taken Tail skin 9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Randyw Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 So cool! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Troodon Posted October 18, 2019 Author Share Posted October 18, 2019 For hadrosaur lovers how about this hammer and sheath and it fossil Friday Posted by Shino Sugimoto a preparer at the ROM 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shamalama Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Wow, both the info on the fossil mummy and the hammer sheath. Thank you for posting them! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Troodon Posted October 18, 2019 Author Share Posted October 18, 2019 If you're interested in a read from another specimen http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/49 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oilshale Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Another (partly mummified) specimen is housed in the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt, Germany: 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bobby Rico Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Hey Frank nice posts and the Dino mummy is amazing. I like the hammer too. Happy Fossil Friday and here is my contribution from my home town. Discovery of Hadrosaur footprint over 30 years ago was first dinosaur fossil finding in Scotland . June 1982 researchers from the University of Leicester Department of Geology discovered the first ever recorded dinosaur fossil in Scotland, dating back 175 million years to the mid-Jurassic Age. They first thought it belonged to a Theropod and later was assigned to the ‘Ornithopod’ . They could have really used TFF to help out with IDs back in the day. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TyBoy Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Very cool, well preserved hand...almost looks like you can shake Edmonto's hand. Thanks for posting Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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