Scientists discovered a dinosaur tail perfectly preserved in amber. It is full of feathers



The tail of a 99-million-year-old dinosaur has been found entombed in amber, an unprecedented discovery that has blown away scientists. Xing Lida, a Chinese paleontologist found the specimen, the size of a dried apricot, at an amber market in northern Myanmar near the Chinese border. "I was not sure that (the trader) really understood how important this specimen was, but he did not raise the price."

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