Scotty T. rex rib reveals 66-million-year-old fossilized healing blood vessels
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A fractured rib from Scotty, the largest known Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, preserves a mineralized network of blood vessels from an injury still healing when the dinosaur died 66 million years ago. Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory used neutron and X-ray imaging to map the 3D structures without damaging the bone.
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