Almost Too Much Of A Good Thing

Mitchell knew that in order to fully understand the species they had to work for several more years before they could more about it. It took them seven years to get some clear answers about the exterior of the creature. The skeleton has provided the scientists with lots of information for many years but they encountered an unexpected problem which stopped the work for the scientists. Paleontologists realized that working below the epidermis was almost impossible.

Getting To The Heart Of It All

Initial attempts have been very fruitful for the scientists but as the research was proceeding there options have become limited. Scientists wanted to take a closer look at the bones but because of the hard armor, they haven’t been successful. If they want to get under its skin to research about it even further they had to break the armor which could completely destroy its originality.

That’s all, for now

After the scientists got the funding for CT scans which was provided by the National Geographic Society, scientists believe that they might be able to catch a glimpse of its interior. Sadly, every attempt was a failure. Even the CT scans couldn’t help the scientists. “The rock is too dense…Ironically, it’s too well preserved!” said Arbour.

The Star Attraction

This amazing nodosaur fossil is available for the general public to see in the Royal Tyrrell Museum. The public couldn’t take their eyes off the fossil when it was put on display for the first time. Who could have thought that a regular guy Shawn Funk would discover something this huge in the middle of nowhere? At Suncor, workers have been informed to be cautious about the work as there could be more such fossils buried under the earth.