Recently Discovered "Mummified" Dinosaur Is So Well-Preserved It Even Has The Skin And Guts Intact (Photos & Video)

The researchers examining the find were astounded at its nearly unprecedented level of preservation. The creature's skin, armor, and even some of its guts were intact – something they'd never seen before. You don't need to use much imagination to reconstruct it; if you just squint your eyes a bit, you could almost believe it was sleeping, one researcher said. Previously, only nodosaur skeletons have been discovered, which look like this: Nodosaur bones at Houston Museum of Natural Science at Sugar Land, Fort Bend Co., Texas. Image credit: fossilmike