Unique fossil reveals the internal organs of a 245-million-year-old marine reptile
Researchers used UV light and mass spectrometry to reveal a nearly intact gut, showing Austronaga had a simple single-chamber stomach.
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A fossil of approximately 245 million years discovered in Yunnan province in southern China preserved not only the skeleton, but also the stomach, liver and intestine of a prehistoric marine reptile. The discovery, described on Thursday in Science Advances magazine, provides an unprecedented view of the internal anatomy of these animals who lived in the Triassic period, before the Dinosaur Age.
Chinese fossil reveals internal organs of prehistoric marine reptile
Researchers said the fossil of the Triassic Period creature Austronaga minuta was unearthed in China's Yunnan Province. (New Scientist pic)BEIJING: Scientists have discovered a fossil in China of a long-necked marine reptile from 245 million years ago that is so well preserved that it reveals the animal's stomach, liver and intestines, providing an unparalleled look at reptilian internal anatomy before the age of dinosaurs.Researchers said the f…
Chinese fossil shows internal organs of prehistoric marine reptile
By Will Dunham July 30 (Reuters) - Scientists have discovered a fossil in China of a long-necked marine reptile from 245 million years ago that is so well preserved that it reveals the animal's stomach, liver and intestines, providing an unparalleled l...
Scientists have achieved this thanks to new technologies applied to paleontology, such as ultraviolet light photography or spectrometr...
Triassic fish for lunch? Chinese fossil reveals oldest preserved reptile stomach
A Chinese-led team has analysed a 240 million-year-old fossil with the oldest known preserved stomach, liver and intestinal soft tissue in reptiles. The complete skeleton fossil has highly specialised body features that indicate it lived in the water, suggesting the marine colonisation of archosaurs was earlier and more extensive than previously believed. The fossil of the Austronaga minuta from the Early Triassic period also offers a “unique op…
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