99 Million-Year-Old Baby Bird Trapped in Amber

[Evo]

99 Million-Year-Old Baby Bird Trapped in Amber Discovered in Myanmar

Researchers in Myanmar have discovered a 99 million-year-old baby bird encased in amber . The ancient hatchling died when it was just a few days or weeks old after a blob of sticky tree resin fell on it, leaving half of its body frozen in time. Xing Lida, from the China University of Geosciences, led an international team of researchers in analyzing the three-inch specimen. Their study, published in the journal Gondwana Research, will help scientists better understand the toothed birds that lived alongside dinosaurs—and how they differ from birds living today. The amber encases the bird’s skull, neck, a partial wing, a hind limb and one foot.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/53c2c567-c77f-3c0d-a792-fccda32cdcc8/a-99-million-year-old-baby.html

 

[DrDu]

Breathtaking!
Here a link to the research article:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2017.06.001

 

[Beelzebub]

I just love these opposite birds, and could only wish that at least one of the species from that lineage survived Creataceous-tertiary extinction.