Dinosaur mummy
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Dinosaur mummies are exceptionally well-preserved dinosaur fossils with skin traces covering substantial parts of the body. The term was coined by Henry Fairfield Osborn in 1911 for an Edmontosaurus s
The Edmontosaurus mummy AMNH 5060 at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, in top view
The Edmontosaurus mummy AMNH 5060, nicknamed the AMNH mummy, is an exceptionally well-preserved fossil of a dinosaur in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History. Discovered in 1908 in
Dinosaur mummy
…fossils with skin traces covering substantial parts of the body. The term was coined by Henry Fairfield Osborn in 1911 for an Edmontosaurus specimen (AMNH 5060) discovered in 1908 by fossil hunter Charles Hazelius Sternberg and his three sons in Wyoming, US. The term dinosaur mummy was coined by Henry Fairfield…
Only known photograph of the mummy's excavation, Wyoming, 1908, 43°23′09″N 104°31′39″W / 43.38578°N 104.52754°W / 43.38578; -104.52754
The mummy on exhibit in the American Museum of Natural History (2008)
Skin impression of the shoulder region, showing the smaller "ground tubercles" and clusters of larger "pavement tubercles"