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Limb bones of a 115-million-year-old Brazilian dinosaur, Aratasaurus museunacionali, may contain mineralised red blood cells. The finding adds to a growing body of research of soft tissue preservation in dinosaur fossils.


The surprise discovery of an iron-carrying molecule preserved in the bones of a Brazilian dinosaur adds to research about soft tissues found in fossils that are millions of years old.

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