China's 125-million-year-old dinosaur fossil reveals preserved skin, strange spikes and a previously unknown species
- PC: AI GeneratedFossils often preserve bones well enough to reveal the shape of an ancient animal, but traces of soft tissues are much less common.
- That is why a newly described dinosaur from north-eastern China has drawn such close attention from palaeontologists.
- Dating back around 125 million years to the Early Cretaceous period, the specimen offers more than a skeleton.
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- PC: AI GeneratedFossils often preserve bones well enough to reveal the shape of an ancient animal, but traces of soft tissues are much less common.
- That is why a newly described dinosaur from north-eastern China has drawn such close attention from palaeontologists.
- Dating back around 125 million years to the Early Cretaceous period, the specimen offers more than a skeleton.
Sources: Times of India