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Scientists find 'fresh' dinosaur part in amber
Published on: 2016-12-12
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051Scientists announced Friday in Beijing that a fossilized dinosaur tail has been discovered in a piece of amber, complete with bones and feathers.


Researchers believe that the tail belonged to a tiny dinosaur that lived about 99 million years ago during the mid-Cretaceous period.


A paper on the findings, co-authored by Chinese paleontologist Xing Lida, Canadian scientist Ryan C. McKellar and others, has been published in the journal "Current Biology."


This is the first time dinosaur material has been found fossilized in amber.


The specimen was named "Eva."


In near-perfect condition, the tail looked very "fresh," even after 99 million years.


The tail is six centimeters long, by which scientists estimate that the dinosaur was around 18.5 centimeters long. The feathers on the tail appear to be brown on the top and pale white on the underside.


The amber was found in the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. In June, Xing's team announced that they had found amber specimens containing the remains of prehistoric birds.

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Scientists cannot confirm if Eva was a juvenile or an adult based on its bones, said Tseng Kuowei from Taipei, one of the authors of the paper. He said there were no obvious signs of a violent struggle so that the animal may be encased by the sap upon death.


It is likely that the dinosaur belonged to the maniraptorans, a branch which included many tiny species, such as the anchiornis, a tiny dinosaur with feathered wings that lived in northern China about 160 million years ago. The anchiornis was only about 34 centimeters long and weighed just 110 grams.

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