The dinosaur tails remain intact in the amber mass of 99 million years

The amber contains dinosaur tails with covered feathers discovered at a market in Myanmar, believed to belong to a small dinosaur that lived 99 million years ago.

Lida Xing, a scientist at China University of Geosciences, bought the amber block at the Myanmar market, International Business Times yesterday. After studying in detail by computerized tomography and microscopic observation, Xing's team found this to be a complete feathered tail of the coelurosaur dinosaur (hollow-tailed lizard). ) , have them with tyrant dinosaurs.

The amber is just as small as the palm of the hand that gives scientists the opportunity to observe the details of the hair structure, helping them learn how feathers evolve.

The amber shell also helps preserve the dorsal tail perfectly.The transparency of the specimen allows the team to better observe the tail structure.Research results are published in Current Biology.

"This 8-piece tail is a small dinosaur. The tail is surrounded by 3D feathers , " said Ryan McKellar, a researcher at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum in Canada.

"The vertebrae are not sticking into rods or forming plow bones like in modern birds and closest relatives. Instead, pieces of tail are long and flexible, with hairs running along the sides" , McKellar to speak.

Analysis showed that feathers in dinosaur tails were present on chestnut brown and white or blue-gray underside. "The skin close to the amber around, along with the skin that is naturally marinated along the vertebrae indicates one of the two hypotheses. The dinosaur is dead and partially dried before the sap is surrounded or The corpses dried up quickly due to contact with sap , "the team concluded.

"The animal's tail of the animal dinosaur group here is an amazing fossil, highlighting the amazement's unique conservation potential. Recent findings from Asia show abundance. The suspicion of the feather form and the flight pattern of the Jurassic and White-eyed small zoo dinosaurs is close to birds, " the study authors said.

The team hopes to be able to find more specimens from the region, increasing understanding of hair and soft tissue in dinosaurs as well as other vertebrates.