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Scientists find mind blowing feathered dinosaur tail suspended in amber

Scientists have discovered a 99-million-year-old fragment of a dinosaur tail suspended in amber.

It’s “a once in a lifetime find,” as paleontologist Ryan McKellar told CNN, because it provides rare insight into the way dinos actually looked.

These are “the first non-avialan theropod fragments preserved in amber.”

he segment is believed to have come from a juvenile dinosaur, possibly a coelurosaurian.

The tail is covered in brown and white feathers, with bones and tissues and even some blood mummified in its amber tomb. Read more

Scientists find mind blowing feathered dinosaur tail suspended in amber

Scientists have discovered a 99-million-year-old fragment of a dinosaur tail suspended in amber.

It’s “a once in a lifetime find,” as paleontologist Ryan McKellar told CNN, because it provides rare insight into the way dinos actually looked.

These are “the first non-avialan theropod fragments preserved in amber.”

he segment is believed to have come from a juvenile dinosaur, possibly a coelurosaurian.

The tail is covered in brown and white feathers, with bones and tissues and even some blood mummified in its amber tomb. Read more