New Species of Neo-Ornithischian Dinosaur Found in China- Pulaosaurus qinglong

[Prehistory Resurrection]

Link to article: https://www.sci.news/paleontology/pulaosaurus-qinglong-14068.html

[Faelrin]

Gorgeous specimen, and remarkably complete. And wow another larynx preserved (and other throat elements) as well which will do wonders for the field. The only other one I can think of was from a specimen of Pinacosaurus (misremembered it as Tarchia, but checking the paper I was corrected). Can easily make out that it preserved with stomach contents too which is neat to see. The wikipedia article mentions there are "soft tissue impressions" preserved, but it doesn't go into detail about it. I can view the paper describing it on my phone, but not my computer (my os, which on this old thing is Windows 7), because it is blocked. Never had a website block me because of my OS before.

Anyways I skimmed through it there (because it is a pain to read such a long thing on such a device) and didn't see anything behind the stomach contents being mentioned. Nothing regarding integument, feather, scale, skin (which were terms I searched for) though so safe to think it didn't preserve with any traces of such. Searching for "filament" did bring up ossified tendons alongside the vertebrae (based on how it was described), but I don't know if that counts. That said I do think it would have been better for the wikipedia article's editor to elaborate on what they meant by "soft tissue impressions". I don't typically see soft tissue used in regards to gut contents, assuming that's what they meant, but rather for integument, muscle, organs, etc.

The paper also mentions the stomach might have seeds inside it (like with Minmi), but explains it needs another paper delving into the nature of what is there, which is outside the scope of describing this specimen. And if anyone is wondering the paper does go into quite a bit of detail about the anatomy of the throat material (larynx, and more) as well as the history of such material in other non-avian dinosaur specimens. The paper mentions that the lack of larynx material could be a result of poor preservation bias due to how delicate that anatomy is, but also potential instances of incorrect identification that might be out there.

[Halichoeres]

I like to imagine its voice sounded like Snagglepuss.

[Torvosaurus]

I like to imagine its voice sounded like Snagglepuss.

Heavens to Murgatroyd!

Torvo