Crazyhen Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 This specimen of Keichousaurus is manually prepped. Note that there are some seemingly "remains" of skin at the stomach and pelvic region. Any idea if that could really be imprint of skin remains? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 more likely last meal remains. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 (edited) Frontiers | Soft tissue preservation in the Triassic pachypleurosaur Keichousaurus hui: evidence for digestive tract anatomy, diet, and feeding behavior (frontiersin.org) if you cannot open, I add the pdf fevo-11-1186354.pdf helps perhaps nice Keichou! Edited July 3, 2023 by rocket 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 Thanks for this pdf, rocket. I will say that the title is misleading... the authors describe gut (etc.) contents and deduce what the soft tissue might have been. It is not really soft-tissue preservation, but implication. I stick to my theory that the OP's specimen has gut contents, not soft tissue preservation. (creating a headline to attract popular attention... I call male cow manure to the authors of this paper). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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