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Link to abstract:- The Albian vegetation of central Alberta as a food source for the nodosaurid Borealopelta markmitchelli

Just for clarity, this is not a new discovery. This fossil discovery was made in 2011.

I acknowledge that I could have worded the headline differently to make it clear that the remains weren't a new find, but the study of its gut contents was

What a wonderful planet we inhabit

No, no, it's fine.

> Near-whole ankylosaur remains found

Just like it says, a near-whole ankylosaur was found, and as of today it remains found. ;)

The process of how it was preserved is almost as exciting as the discovery.

Almost.

Quick, Someone call Blathers.

Until you’ve seen this, you have no idea. I’ve never seen anything like it.

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>and as of today it remains found.

Phew, I was worried a bit for a second!

I've seen it in person twice and he's just as amazing each time. The eyes look like they could come alive at any minute. It's a shame the digging that found it also crushed the hind end but what a find. They have a model of its head next to the case that you can pet and you bet I have.

Edit: also I was just in Drumheller last September and the same weekend, someone found what appears to be a whole hadrosaur just sticking out of the stratigraphy in the hills. I love that hellscape so much.

With a club for a tail

And a back full of spikes

This Dino was strong

As an Army tank, Yikes!

~Dr Suess

Can it eat me? That asteroid saved our asses

I think it was herbivore. So it probably wouldn't eat you. More like an armored cow.

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I've been in a collection or two where that's not guaranteed.

This is the one in Drumheller right? That thing is unreal! Also driving to that town is crazy. It's flat for so long and then boom a canyon with a town in it. So cool.

Yep at the Tyrell. And you’re right, one of the trippiest drives in Canada is heading into Drumheller from the prairies.

Love it. Anky had to be with the likes of TRex running around. There's a fight in the 'Walking With Dinosaurs' miniseries where an Anky critically wounds a TRex with its tail club.

Wow. Looks like he/she's just taking a nap and could wake up at any moment.

Uhhh-yes, found it does remain!…

(Nervously changes the subject)

So…curious…did you see anything big and ankylosaurish shaped around here lately? Just checking if we’d gotten another one because I know where the old one is….

Ankylosaur?

You're joking right?

What the hell is Kylo doing wearing the dinosaur suit? :)

I highly recommend the nearby Dinosaur Provincial Park, do the walking tour. I learned that you can lick your finger and press, it will be a bit sticky when you peel it off if it is a fossil and not if it is just a rock. There are fossils everywhere and you actually get to try for yourself.

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Ankylosaurs were preserved in a variety of ways, including burial in sediment, entombment in ash from volcanic eruptions, and preservation in bogs or peat marshes. In some cases, the preservation was so complete that even the skin and other soft tissues were preserved, providing valuable information about the appearance and behavior of these ancient animals.

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No asteroid no mammalian dominance, no humans.

Underrated comment!! Nicely done sir.

I thought most fossils were bones, shells, and rocks in the shapes of living tissue. What kind of fossils are the skin and guts here?

Note that this is an ankylosaur but not Ankylosaurus. No clubbed tail, smaller.

UPDATE: It turns out that it wasn't an anklyosaur after all, but rather the remains of my bitchy Grade 1 teacher.

Geologists and archaeologists will sometimes touch things to their tongue to determine if stone or bone, porous or non porous etc. Not saying I would but it's pretty cool that it does work!

I've seen this bad boy in person. It's one of the coolest fossils ever discovered.

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