JAKARTA – Perhaps some of you wondered why the bones dinosaur can survive to this day. Yet, as we all know, they lived millions of years ago.
So why can this happen? To answer this question, consider the following review.
As reported by the Natural History Museum on Wednesday (12/14/2022), the preservation of dinosaur bones was made possible due to a number of circumstances and certain conditions so that the bones formed into fossils.
This was an extremely rare occurrence, as most of the dead dinosaurs decomposed completely, leaving nothing behind. And even if found, 99% comes from marine animals like clams and sharks.
This is because they live in the sea, where sand or silt can quickly bury them after they die. Once the remains are buried under the sediments, their decomposition slows down due to lack of oxygen.
With reduced oxygen, giving enough time for fossilization to occur. As for dinosaur fossils that lived on land, most of them came from animals that lived near lakes or rivers.
“Some died just before the area flooded and covered their remains in mud and mud. Others were washed into rivers by heavy rains,” said Dr. David Button, a dinosaur researcher.
