Tyler Lyson

Tyler Lyson is the discoverer of the dinosaur fossil Dakota, a fossilized mummified hadrosaur.

Lyson received his bachelor's degree in biology from Swarthmore College [cite web|url=http://www.swarthmore.edu/x16441.xml|title=Mummified Dinosaur Found by Tyler Lyson '06 Is Ready for Its Closeup|publisher=Swarthmore College] [cite web|url=http://travel.nytimes.com/2005/09/11/travel/11dino.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1197090297-wgQZTzQWeVkGUXrM0Mljjg|title=Digging Up Dinosaur Bones in the Fossil-Rich Badlands|author=Charles Q. Choi|publisher=New York Times|date=2005-09-11] in 2006, and received a scholarship to study for his PhD in paleontology at Yale University [cite web|title=T-Rexes and Raptors and Pterodactyls, oh my! College Corner with Tyler Lyson|url=http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/org/daily/2006/04/20/t-rexes-and-raptors-and-pterodactyls-oh-my-college-corner-with-tyler-lyson/|author=Marina Lima|date=2006-04-20|publisher=The Daily Gazette (of Swarthmore College)] , where he remains as of 2007.

In 1999, Tyler discovered the Dakota dinosaur specimen while exploring the Hell Creek Formation in North Dakota, on his uncle's farm. The find is unique since the fossilized remains include skin and other soft tissues in a non-collapsed state, while a very few other finds have occurred where petrified soft tissue has been preserved, but in a collapsed or crushed state.

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