First Dinosaur Tail Found Preserved in Amber

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Source: National Geographic

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.





Read more: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/12/feathered-dinosaur-tail-amber-theropod-myanmar-burma-cretaceous/

[exboyfil]

1. Jurassic Park

We have the DNA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [Probably not but nice to dream]

[Afromania]

4. As excited as this discovery makes me

I can only imagine the stupid they are going to engage in.

[eShirl]

2. whoa!

[FailureToCommunicate]

3. A bit of Trump's hairpiece?

[DFW]

7. They tried to find out

A judge in Michigan the carbon-dating procedure by court order.

[Cattledog]

5. We need a mad scientist to...

Use the dinosaur's genetic code (DNA) found in the blood as a blueprint for another dinosaur.

Use this blue print to create a dinosaur egg.

Hatch the dinosaur in an incubator.

Raise the dinosaur to full size.

Release at White House.

[JudyM]

18. Great story!

[TonyPDX]

6. Looks like ants haven't changed much over those millions of years. Fascinating.

[COLGATE4]

8. They, like roaches seem to have achieved an evolutionary

"A" status as the apex of their species.

[snooper2]

10. this guy hasn't either

[JudyM]

19. I'll bite: what is it?

[snooper2]

20. Frilled Shark, around 150 million years old species

[JudyM]

26. Whoa. Very cool.

[Baitball Blogger]

9. Dinosaurs with feathers would potentially look more fierce.

[Baclava]

11. Emu?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

14. Emu with razor sharp teeth and claws on it's hands and feet.

[Baclava]

22. and you notice insects were already perfect, no need for them to change much

[secondwind]

12. WOW! This is really cool..

[cagefreesoylentgreen]

13. More to the story

How this particular piece of amber was found is a pretty interesting story in itself!

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/how-this-99-million-year-old-dinosaur-tail-ended-up-in-a-burmese-amber-market

[jeffreyi]

15. Damn Internet cats are everywhere nt

[JohnnyRingo]

16. Godzilla just wouldn't have been the same...

If he was stomping through Tokyo in feathers, clucking fire as he went.

[BumRushDaShow]

17. Rendering of the creature

[NWCorona]

21. Here is a better rendering 😀

[BumRushDaShow]

23. Or perhaps these guys know

[NWCorona]

24. Animal is the best!

[BumRushDaShow]

25. Yup!!