Fossilized Eye Tissue of Cretaceous Bird Found in China (open access paper)

[Oxytropidoceras]

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.

[Tidgy's Dad]

Fascinating. 

Thanks for posting. 

[Echinoid]

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!

 

[Mary888]

Wow, this is an awesome find!

Thank you for your kindness!