Dinosaur ‘mummies’ help scientists visualize the fleshy details of these ancient animals

By: Paul C. Sereno, University of Chicago

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: October 24, 2025

Words: 1,334

Last Updated: 1 month ago

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By Paul C. Sereno, University of Chicago

Dinosaur “mummies” couldn’t have been further from my mind as I trudged up a grassy knoll on the Zerbst Ranch in east-central Wyoming, followed by University of Chicago undergraduates on a field trip linked to my “Dinosaur Science” course.

As a university professor, I realized early that to understand paleontology, students would need to see first-hand where fossils are born. And that field experience had to be …

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