Oxytropidoceras Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 This Bird 'Eyeball' Survived 120 Million Years By Laura Geggel, Live Science, January 11, 2018 https://www.livescience.com/61405-dinosaur-age-birds-saw-in-color.html An Amazing Fossilized Eye Reveals How an Ancient Bird Saw Feast your eyes on this. By Natasha Frost, January 12, 2018 https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/amazing-fossilized-ancient-bird-eye-color-rods-cones The paper is: Tanaka, G., Zhou, B., Zhang, Y., Siveter, D.J. and Parker, A.R., 2017. Rods and cones in an enantiornithine bird eye from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota. Heliyon, 3(12), p.e00479. http://www.heliyon.com/article/e00479/ Yours, Paul H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Fascinating. Thanks for posting. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echinoid Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 It seems strange that the eye tissue was preserved but the feathers weren't... or is it a bad quality photo of the fossil? Still, what an amazing find! Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary888 Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Wow, this is an awesome find! Thank you for your kindness! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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