Study finds decomposition responsible for fossilised deformations
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - 08:31
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A two-man research team from Germany and Switzerland has discovered how the decomposition of dead dinosaurs triggered strange deformations of fossilised dinosaurs. The finding counters what most researchers believed, i.e. that the dinosaurs' twisted posture was the result of death spasms.