Check this out!! According to a Current Biology report, a dinosaur tail has been found preserved in amber — feathers, soft tissue, bone, and all! It’s 99 million years old!
LOOK!!
![sm-06_dinosaur_tail-adapt-1190-1](https://peewee.com/wp-content/uploads/sm-06_dinosaur_tail.adapt_.1190.1.jpg)
Photo by R.C. McKellar, Royal Saskatchewan Museum
Yes! I said FEATHERS!! Scientists say it’s unlikely that the dinosaur was able to fly though!
![sm-05_dinosaur_tail-ngsversion-1481216415800-adapt-1900-1](https://peewee.com/wp-content/uploads/sm-05_dinosaur_tail.ngsversion.1481216415800.adapt_.1900.1.jpg)
Photo by Royal Saskatchewan Museum
This amber sample (nicknamed “Eva”) was discovered in a northern Myanmar mine by a research team led by paleontologist Lida Xing of the China University of Geosciences. Xing feels confident that a “complete dinosaur” can be found!
Learn more about this important (and super-cool) discovery over at National Geographic!
TGIF!!