3 Dinosaur Fossils That Preserve Internal Organs

Опубликовано: 04 Апрель 2026
на канале: Ben G Thomas
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The fossil record sometimes provides us with tantalising glimpses of the biology of long-dead animals, such as these three examples in which fossilised internal organs of dinosaurs have been discovered!

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Sources:
Scipionyx samniticus:
https://www.nature.com/articles/32884
https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...
https://web.archive.org/web/200702041...
https://peerj.com/articles/16542/
https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...
https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...

Daurlong wangi:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s4159...

Iguanodont dinosaur brain tissues:
https://www.lyellcollection.org/doi/f...
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/f...
https://blog.geolsoc.org.uk/2016/10/2...

0:00 - Intro
1:03 - Scipionyx - The baby dinosaur with guts, heart remnants and other organs
10:17 - Daurlong - A raptor with guts
13:19 - A fossilised dinosaur brain!
20:10 - Outro