Hadrosaur Hooves, Head Combs, Muscles, and More Soft Tissues

Lots of new discoveries of soft tissues in dinosaurs. Plus new studies to confirm old soft tissues and a new—controversial—iguanodont.

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Dinosaur of the day Santanaraptor, a small theropod found with soft tissue.

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a potentially new iguanodont, Paulodon galvensis (but it is controversial)
• Soft tissues can be preserved in fossils regardless of the species, age of the bones, or where the animal was buried
• A new method using Cross-polarized light microscopy (XPol) helps identify organic molecules in fossils
• New Edmontosaurus "mummies" show hooves, small spikes down the tail, and a banded fleshy crest over the neck and back
• Scientists re-evaluated the soft tissue crest of an edmontosaur hadrosaur dinosaur
• Dinosaurs likely had muscles forming cheeks
• New titanosaur sauropod tracks found in Mongolia show a lot of soft tissue details in the hands and feet

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