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In 1999, at the age of 16, Yale University geology and geophysics graduate student Tyler Lyson discovered a mummified dinosaur while fossil-hunting on his uncle's farm in the Hell Creek Formation Badlands of North Dakota.
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Tyler Lyson News and Commentaries
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- The Associated Press: Workers Uncovering Mummified Dinosaur (March 19, 2008)
- ScienceDaily: Dinosaur Mummy Found With Fossilized Skin And Soft Tissues (December 3, 2007)
- A new book from National Geographic, Grave Secrets of Dinosaurs by Phillip Manning, relates the story of Lyson's 1999 discovery of the first-ever dinosaur "skin envelope" to be found.
- WashingtonPost.com: "Scientists Get Rare Look at Dinosaur Soft Tissue" (December 3, 2007)
- Manning said of Lyson's discovery: "He looks like a blow-up dinosaur in some parts...It just defies logic that such a remarkable specimen could preserve."
- The Australian: "Secrets of the dinosaur mummy" (December 4, 2007)
- Guardian Unlimited: Faster than T rex... (December 3, 2007)
- Lyson did not initially realize the significance of his discovery, and only returned with a team of excavators in 2004, five years after making the initial find.
- Wired: Rare Mummified Dinosaur Unearthed (December 3, 2007)
- Telegraph.co.uk: "Mummified dinosaur had a big bottom" (December 3, 2007)
- USA Today: "Scientists dig up secrets from dinosaur mummy" (December 3, 2007)
- MediaBistro.com: GalleyCat: National Geographic's Literary Dinosaurs, Redux (December 3, 2007)
Tyler Lyson Questions
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Open Thread: Steven Tyler Dead rumor 5 AnswersHe's not dead, according to gather.com. Dunno if that's a reliable source.. Here's their message: NO. He is not dead. The world of Rock'n'Roll can rest easy. H... read more -
There were many constitutional firsts during the term of the tenth President, John Tyler. What question would you have liked to ask him? 2 Answersit is stated that: "In 1842 the British author Charles Dickens called upon Tyler in the White House, writing that "he looked somewhat worn and anxious, and well... read more -
Would an imaginary character inside of a work of fiction be considered a double fictional character? 3 AnswersActually, this would make the character VERY real. Be careful... Double Negative Property For every real number a, -(-a) = a read more
