How a great-grandmother helped researchers unravel a dinosaur mummy mystery

How a great-grandmother helped researchers unravel a dinosaur mummy mystery



<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4050×3038+0+0/resize/4050×3038!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4b%2F8b%2F94d41cfd467fb5c8ea1002b3ca72%2F05-crest-scales-w-hand-img-8015.jpg' alt='An image shows the scaly skin of a crest over the back of the juvenile duck-billed dinosaur Edmontosaurus annectens, a specimen nicknamed “Ed Jr.” by researchers. The juvenile is estimated to have been about 2 years old when it died.’/>

A paleontologist was trying to locate the site of a famous 1908 discovery when a rancher in Wyoming shared an important clue.

(Image credit: Tyler Keillor)