“Any evidence on the surface would have been destroyed,” Ali Altamirano, a paleontologist with the institute, said during a visit.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/26/science/paleontology-whales-peru.html

Rebecca Hunt–Foster, curator and park paleontologist at Dinosaur National Monument.

Source: https://ksenam.com/museum-of-the-rockies-will-host-dinosaurs-and-mor-on-april-15/

The paleontologist says that the project that led to this discovery identified four paleontological sites with a high density of bee cocoon fossils, reaching thousands in a square measuring one meter on a side.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-08-bees-pharaohs-mummified-southwest-coast.html