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Unleashing the “dragon”

Many of you may still remember the amazing 100-million-year-old nodosaur found in Alberta, Canada, that resembled a dragon (if you have spent the last 3 months in a bunker, you may want to check this link http://bit.ly/2ujChCO).

The spectacular fossilized remains were once an herbivore dinosaur that lived during the Cretaceous and was quickly buried under the muddy seabed of an ancient sea after its death. Although this dinosaur was quite unfortunate, these conditions were auspicious to preserve the nodosaur with an incredible detail where we can not only see its bones, but also stomach content and armor with a three-dimensional shape, which is quite uncommon, since fossils are usually preserved flattened.

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