Fossils Preserve Both Skin and Scales from an Ancient Sea Monster

Here is a non-paywalled (and probably more detailed) article on that topic.

“Skin, scales, and cells in a Jurassic plesiosaur” https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096098222...

Are fossils well preserved on the deep ocean floor or in extraordinary deep locations like trenches? What about under the sea floor?

I suppose there must be bone-eating organisms on the floor, given the number of dead bony animals that must lie there. But there is also a lot of pressure and I don't know how seawater affects fossilization.

I'm really wondering: if we could get easier access to the deep ocean floor, would it impact archaeology in a big way?

> when they lived from 215 million to 66 million years ago.

I hadn't thought about it, but what happened to organisms living underwater during the K-T extinction event (which was 66 million years ago).

The paper itself is published openly:

https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)...

rock hound here I have soft tissue fossils,skin and scales, crinonind body parts, plant fossils, and a small trackway other trace fossils,like waves from an ancient beach....found on a modern beach:) my observation is that the amount of actual field work bieng done is low, and that setting up a world wide app, that would connect accredited researchers with dedicated field workers(rock hounds)(( and pay them and credit them)), could advance our study of lifes origins and path in a timely and cost effective way. there are a bunch of competeing apps for geo locating varios flora and fauna, that combine field work with a social media aspect seem popular, but personaly, no one is getting my gps co-ordinates, without paying me.,...every time

Not bad