Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Palaeontology 🦖@mander.xyzEnglish · 6 months agoWe spent 2 years in deep underground caves to bring this extraordinary kangaroo fossil to lighttheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down10
arrow-up121arrow-down1external-linkWe spent 2 years in deep underground caves to bring this extraordinary kangaroo fossil to lighttheconversation.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Palaeontology 🦖@mander.xyzEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square1fedilink
minus-squareZombiepirate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoIncredible find! I didn’t see in the article an explanation of how the bones fossilized. It seems like a terrible spot for that to occur, but I don’t really know much about the process. I assume the animal was buried in sediment at some point?
Incredible find!
I didn’t see in the article an explanation of how the bones fossilized. It seems like a terrible spot for that to occur, but I don’t really know much about the process. I assume the animal was buried in sediment at some point?