NDGS 2000 preserves extensive skin, desiccation evidence and feeding traces investigated with CT and sediment samples.
Represented range67–66 Ma
RegionsHell Creek Formation, North Dakota, USA
CladesHadrosauridae · Edmontosaurus
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event-mechanism · medium
NDGS 2000 directly preserves skin draped over bones, punctures, hook scores and CT-visible manus anatomy; scavenging-assisted deflation, desiccation and burial form a taphonomic pathway inferred for this carcass, not a universal recipe for dinosaur skin preservation.