I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast17 Apr

Hadrosaur Hooves, Head Combs, Muscles, and More Soft Tissues

Lots of new discoveries of soft tissues in dinosaurs. Plus new studies to confirm old soft tissues and a new—controversial—iguanodont.

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Dinosaur of the day Santanaraptor, a small theropod found with soft tissue.

In dinosaur news this week:

There’s a potentially new iguanodont, Paulodon galvensis (but it is controversial)
Soft tissues can be preserved in fossils regardless of the species, age of the bones, or where the animal was buried
A new method using Cross-polarized light microscopy (XPol) helps identify organic molecules in fossils
New Edmontosaurus "mummies" show hooves, small spikes down the tail, and a banded fleshy crest over the neck and back
Scientists re-evaluated the soft tissue crest of an edmontosaur hadrosaur dinosaur
Dinosaurs likely had muscles forming cheeks
New titanosaur sauropod tracks found in Mongolia show a lot of soft tissue details in the hands and feet

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