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For many years, paleontologists have debated what these prehistoric big cats would have looked like based on their fossilized bones.

At benches they brush and gently scrape dust from fossilized bone, with the gentle dexterity of dentists cleaning Jurassic-era teeth.

He said the Senate was not interested in “fossilized” processes and would welcome reviewing them with the regents.

Behl is testing the chemical and mineral composition of the fossil blocks, hoping scientists can learn more about these prehistoric environments including the atmosphere and the conditions that enabled animal remains to fossilize.

For clues, scientists behind a recent study in the journal Communications Biology analyzed four tardigrades that have been preserved in amber — the only known fossilized tardigrades in the entire world.