earthstory:Birds wings found in amber Following on from the discovery of dinosaur and bird feather
earthstory: Birds wings found in amber Following on from the discovery of dinosaur and bird feathers in fossil tree sap a couple of years ago (see http://bit.ly/1DTZQdF), two minute wings (3cm long) belonging to avians that flitted around the dinosaurs some 99 million years ago in the Cretaceous turned up in pieces of Burmese amber, much to the delight of researchers. Complete with bones and multicolour feathers, they reveal that birds with wings, skin and feathers much like today’s already flew in these long gone skies, and that at least 2 came too close to flowing tree sap and got stuck there, with only the entombed wings surviving the long years until they were mined. The piece comes complete with claw marks where one of the birdies tried frantically to escape (see the claw right of centre of the last photo). Keep reading -- source link
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