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99-million-year-old bird trapped in amber is reclassified as lizard

An artist’s impression of the Oculudentavis naga lizard when it was alive (Credits: Stephanie Abramowicz / SWNS) A bizarre lizard locked in Burmese amber for 99 million years has opened a new window into the ‘lost world of the dinosaurs.’ Its exquisitely preserved remains include the skull, teeth, scales, skin and soft tissue. A raised crest running down the top of the snout can also be seen…

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Amber with the skull of the tiny bird Oculudentavis that is 99 million years old, nearly perfectly preserved inside, is seen in a picture released March 11, 2020. Lida Xing/Handout via REUTERS.

The skull of Oculudentavis khaungraae was found in a globule of amber in Myanmar, offering researchers a startlingly clear view of its features.

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Last Updated: March 12, 2020, 7:35 AM IST

99-million-year-old beetle trapped in amber served as pollinator to evergreen cycads

[ad_1] Flowering plants are well known for their special relationship to the insects and other animals that serve as their pollinators. But, before the rise of angiosperms, another group of unusual evergreen gymnosperms, known as cycads, may have been the first insect-pollinated plants. Now, researchers have uncovered the earliest definitive fossil evidence of that intimate relationship between…

Trapped in 99-Million-Year-Old Amber, a Beetle With Pilfered Pollen

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Trilobites

The discovery is among the strongest evidence in the fossil record that the insects pollinated prehistoric cycads, a plant that preceded flowering plants.

A mid-Cretaceous beetle had a cavity filled with hair at the base of its mandibles for collecting pollen from plants known as cycads.CreditChenyang Cai

Bees and butterflies are praised for their pollination…

99-million-year-old dinosaur tail with feathers found preserved in amber – Hindustan Times

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The tail of a 99-million-year-old dinosaur, preserved in amber complete with bones and feathers, has been found by a Chinese paeleontologist in Myanmar.

Xing Lida reported the finding in a paper in the journal Current Biology, thrilling scientists around the world. Ryan McKellar, a paleontologist at the Royal Saskatchwan Museum in Canada and co-author of the paper, said this was the first…