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

Since long years, Scientists have struggled to confirm what dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures may have looked like when they were alive. One researcher Who involved discovery said that; “We don’t just have a skeleton,” one said. “We have a dinosaur as it would have been.” Scientists are hailing it as the best-preserved dinosaur specimen ever discovered. That’s why you cannot see its bones – they remain covered by intact skin and armor.

The nodosaur was found by an unsuspecting excavator operator that uncovered the historic discovery while digging in an oil sands mine, according to the museum's news release about the exhibit. 7,000 painstaking reconstruction hours later, the nodosaur was ready to meet the public. As if the preservation of skin, armor, and guts weren't impressive enough, the dinosaur mummy is also unique in that it was preserved in three dimensions, with the original shape of the animal retained. Robert Clark/National Geographic