Pompeii-like Eruption Fossilized Dinos in Death Poses

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A mass grave in a Chinese lakebed contains the extremely well-preserved fossils of dinosaurs, mammals and early birds, but the cause of the animals' death has long puzzled scientists.

Now, an analysis of the fossils and the sediments that entombed them suggests that an explosive eruption — like the one that destroyed the Roman city of Pompeii — scorched and buried the animals.

http://www.livescience.com/43081-animal-pompeii-found-in-china.html