This dinosaur tail in amber reminds birds of their once and future empire
For the first time, the feathered tail of a 99-million-year-old dinosaur has been found preserved in amber. That would be plenty exciting, but there’s more: this dinosaur had feathers.
The tiny feathered dino was no bigger than a sparrow
The 1.4-inch tail, described in a paper published today in the journal Current Biology, is part of a treasure trove of fossils that paleontologist Lida Xing from the China University of Geosciences discovered last year at an amber market in Myanmar, in Sou
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