Dinosaur tail found preserved in amber

[Oxytropidoceras]

The same paleontologist published a paper about a Cretaceous bird wing preserved in amber from the amber deposits in Burma.

 

Go see "Cretaceous bird wings in amber" in the Fossil Forum at:

http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/66294-cretaceous-bird-wings-in-amber/#comment-694555

http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/66294-cretaceous-bird-wings-in-amber/

 

Lida Xing, Ryan C. McKellar, Min Wang, Ming Bai, Jingmai K. O’Connor,

Michael J. Benton, Jianping Zhang, Yan Wang, Kuowei Tseng, Martin

G. Lockley, Gang Li, Weiwei Zhang & Xing Xu, 2016, Mummified precocial

bird wings in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Nature Communications.

7:12089 | DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12089 |

http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms12089

http://research-information.bristol.ac.uk/files/79961206/ncomms12089.pdf

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.

 

[tmaier]

Check out how many papers Dr. Lida Xing has published.

http://www.xinglida.net/

Quite the achievement.

[Rachbabiez]

I wonder what the going rate for a dinosaur tail would even be

[Dr Stuart Grant]

Researchers at the China University of Geosciences discovered a semitranslucent mid-Cretaceous amber sample containing appendage covered in delicate feathers, thought to belong to a dinosaur that roamed the Earth more than 99 million years ago. The lead paleontologist Lida Xing commented that "this is the most impressive finding of my career to date". The study was funded in part by National Geographic and the Chinese University. 

 

The 1.4 inch amber sample was later analysed to gather more data using CT scans and Microscopic analysis which led to the revelation that the appendage consisted of eight vertebrae from the middle or end of a long, thin tail that may have been originally made up of more than 25 vertebrae (see below). 

Based on these findings the researchers believe that the tail belongs to a juvenile coelurosaur, part of a group of theropod dinosaurs that includes everything from tyrannosaurs to modern birds.

 

[Fossildude19]

Welcome to the Forum.  

 

This was already posted, back on December 8th.  

Regards,

[Raptor Lover]

Just found this article about amber that was found containing a feathered tail of a dinosaur. Pretty fascinating! Enjoy

 

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

[Fossildude19]

4 hours ago, Raptor Lover said:

Just found this article about amber that was found containing a feathered tail of a dinosaur. Pretty fascinating! Enjoy

 

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

 

This has already been posted numerous times, in the Fossil News Forum.  

[Raptor Lover]

22 hours ago, Fossildude19 said:

 

This has already been posted numerous times, in the Fossil News Forum.  

Ahh nice haha. I haven't been on in quiet a while so I haven't seen anything

[Ramon]

Unbelievable!!! Looks like something out of Jurassic park!!!

[Kasia]

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a20926328/scientists-discover-feathered-dinosaur-tail-preserved-amber/

[Oxytropidoceras]

A related publication available online as a PDF file is:

 

Grimaldi, D.A., Engel, M.S. and Nascimbene, P.C., 2002.

Fossiliferous Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Burma): 

its rediscovery, biotic diversity, and paleontological 

significance. American museum novitates, pp.1-71.

http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/2914

http://www.terratreasures.com/amber/research/publications/N3361.pdf

 

PDF files of related publications can be seen at:

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=5110239323897002509&hl=en&as_sdt=0,19

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cites=5110239323897002509&as_sdt=8000005&sciodt=0,19&hl=en

 

In addition to the fossil tail, the fossil ant in the same piece of amber is also quite nice. It is a lovely, but understated complement to the fossil tail, like a cherry on a fine desert.

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.