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To: Little Pig

Maybe. But there’s also the possibility that the fossilization happens quicker than is normally thought (you mentioned fossilized skins); if that is the case then the underlying [soft]tissues may also be effectively sealed and thusly more preserved than thought. (Like, if you will, forming a can around the food.)


17 posted on 10/19/2009 2:29:08 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: OneWingedShark

The biggest “patch” of fossilized skin was about 1’ square. It’s a lot more likely that this “soft” tissue, which is only found in very small amounts, requiring a microscope to see, is preserved by an accident of the way the minerals accumulate during the fossilization process i.e. an airless environment deep inside a thick mineralized bone.


18 posted on 10/19/2009 2:34:07 PM PDT by Little Pig (Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.)
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