Can dinosaur DNA be extracted from petroleum or related earthly materials?

Answer 1

Although that would be quite a task, it is potentially posible (given the age of the chemical makeup.)
Considering how many EONS the remains have deteriorated, it would be quite a discovery to re-configue the exact chemical composition of the DNA of each decomposed remain.
Sort of a CREATIONIST-ideal.
Look out Jesus Christ. You have a potential contendor!

Answer 2

Any dinosaur DNA would have been destroyed by the millions of years of heat, pressure, etc. And besides, most of the carbon that became petroleum deposits came from plant material, not dinosaurs. There was a lot more plant material than there was dinosaurs.

Answer 3

Not likely. The way most ancient DNA are perserved is in ambers. Amber is formed from tree saps over thousands of years. If a bug or something gets trapped in the sticky sap, its DNA can be possibly perserved for many years. However, dino DNAs are not easily preserved due to their sheer size. The only likely way is if a dino egg is trapped in amber. However, you still can't easily extract DNA from anything, not even amber. Since only 5% of DNA is actually 'active'. IF a dino is perserved in amber and the amber is discovered. The scientists still will have immense difficulty in opening the amber while perseving the DNA. and IF they are successful in doing that, only a few genes can be saved and analyzed. And those few genes MUST be part of the active 5% or they are worthless. Hope that helped.

Answer 4

Unfortunately it can't since these products have undergone incredible changes - such as fully being melted by heat, that any DNA material in them is long gone. Also this DNA material would have been in very small quantities - too small to be measured.

Answer 5

No. There is no DNA in crude oil, coal. etc. DNA deteriorates over time. Heat and pressure required to catagenesize materials into "fossil" fuels would destroy any DNA in it.