Accidentally Discover Triceratops Fossil On Building Site - laying here for 66+ million years

[OddTrader]

Construction Workers Accidentally Discover Triceratops Fossil On Building Site
It's believed to have been laying there for at least 66 million years.
31/08/2017

http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/20...iceratops-fossil-on-building-site_a_23191536/

Construction workers preparing a site for a new fire and police station in the U.S. state of Colorado have unearthed fossils belonging to a triceratops that are believed to be at least 66 million years old.

 

[stevegee58]

Actually it was lying there, not laying there.

 

[vanzandt]

Actually it was lying there, not laying there.

Sister Mary Stevegee.

 

[stevegee58]

Sister Mary Stevegee.

I guess fellow Catholic school refugees can spot each other.

 

[mlawson71]

I always marvel at discoveries like this. I don't think I can even visualize how long 66 million years is.

 

[OddTrader]

75 million-year-old dinosaur blood discovered
Paleontologists have uncovered 75 million-year-old dinosaur blood cells in poorly preserved fossils.
Source: CNN

http://edition.cnn.com/videos/world...nications-orig.cnn/video/playlists/dinosaurs/

 

[mlawson71]

Can they do a DNA test on them? Or are the cells petrified?