The Snake in the Dinosaur Bone
by Bernardo Cesare, Department of Geosciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Polarized light photomicrograph of a thin section of dinosaur bone collected in Utah, USA.
The image shows a highly porous structure, with pores filled with late chalcedony, and the fossil remnants of the bone tissue, where black dots used to host a single bone cell.
The structure of the bone mimicks a snake ready to bite.
Width of view: 1,9 mm.
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- European Geosciences Union (350)
- Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology (989)
- Laboratory (112)
- Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology (525)
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2000 × 3000 px;
image/jpeg; 6.0 MB
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Nikon D5500
Software: Apple Photo
Taken on 17
August
2021
Submitted on 31 March 2025
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)
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Bernardo Cesare (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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