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Nematode worms are the most abundant multicellularorganism on Earth... and they are voracious feeders within the top 70 cm of soils.
We demonstrate the abundant presence of opportunistic nematodes feeding within dinosaur bones.

We report here on the results of decalcification of post-cranial limb elements of Cacops sp., donated by the Sam Nobel Oklahoma
Museum of Natural History. Our results include the presence of nerve fibers...

Histology and ultraviolet fluorescence (UVFL) microscopy of one controversial dinosaur, Nanotyrannus lancensis, reveals the presence of...
 

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In this first report, we are presented with evidence of nerve fragments, characterised by a double helical wrapping of collagen fibres, from a Triceratops from the Hell Creek Formation, Montana, USA.

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Reports of preserved cells & other soft tissues in ancient vertebrates (eg dinosaurs) have been met with controversy within the field of vertebrate palaeontology. Schweitzer hypothesized that iron-mediated radical crosslinking preserves ancient soft tissues.

The million-year-old genome is here. Mammoth teeth preserved in eastern Siberian permafrost have produced the oldest ancient DNA on record, pushing the technology close to — but perhaps not past — its limits.

Despite an extensive published literature, skepticism over the claim of original biochemicals including proteins preserved in the fossil record persists...