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Dec 9, 2016 The tail of a 99-million-year-old dinosaur, including bones, soft tissue, and even feathers, has been found preserved in amber, according to a report published today in the journal Current Biology. While individual dinosaur-era feathers have been found in amber, and evidence for feathered dinosaurs is captured in fossil impressions, this is the first time that scientists are able to clearly associate well-preserved feathers with a dinosaur, and in turn gain a better understanding of the evolution and structure of dinosaur feathers. The research, led by paleontologist Dr. Lida Xing of the China University of Geosciences, was funded in part by the National Geographic Society's Expeditions Council.
June 28, 2016
The most important collections are a trove of Mid Cretaceous amber from
Myanmar. Two pieces of bird wing amber (the Rose Wing and the Angle
Wing) are the most valuable as the every first bird amber specimens
ever. They reveal true features of bird living in the Dinosaur Age for
the first time. They are described in Nature Communications in June,
2016 based on a research led by Dr. Xing Lida (China University of
Geosciences, Beijing) and Prof. Ryan C. McKellar (Royal Saskatchewan
Museum).
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