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    No. This was created by someone who has no idea how any of this work. Soft tissues leave marks on bones.

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      Soft tissues can also become fossils under the right conditions. For an example, here is the fossil used for the B. markmitchelli holotype:

      It’s the single most detailed and complete soft tissue fossil ever discovered. It took the technician six years to extract and separate the fossil from the surrounding stone. The technician’s name is Mark Mitchell, and the species was named after him.