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Ancient birds' wings preserved in amber
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<blockquote data-quote="Num7" data-source="post: 138093" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><img src="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/51E4/production/_90146902_birdbycheungchung-tat.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Two wings from birds that lived alongside the dinosaurs have been found preserved in amber.</p><p>The "spectacular" finds from Myanmar are from baby birds that got trapped in the sticky sap of a tropical forest 99 million years ago.</p><p></p><p>Exquisite detail has been preserved in the feathers, including traces of colour in spots and stripes.</p><p>The wings had sharp little claws, allowing the juvenile birds to clamber about in the trees.</p><p></p><p>The tiny fossils, which are between two and three centimetres long, could shed further light on the evolution of birds from their dinosaur ancestors.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/17876/production/_90147369_eb68f5c2-819f-43c9-b84a-a766de6f092d.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The specimens, from well-known amber deposits in north-east Myanmar (also known as Burma), are described in the journal Nature Communications.</p><p></p><p>Co-author Prof Mike Benton, from the University of Bristol, said: "The individual feathers show every filament and whisker, whether they are flight feathers or down feathers, and there are even traces of colour - spots and stripes."</p><p></p><p>The hand anatomy shows the wings come from enantiornithine birds, which comprised a major bird grouping in the Cretaceous Period. However, the enantiornithines died out at the same time as the dinosaurs, 66 million years ago.</p><p></p><p>Dr Steve Brusatte, a vertebrate palaeontologist at Edinburgh University, described the fossils as "spectacular".</p><p></p><p><img src="http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/1CCE/production/_90147370_a27872a0-845a-4313-ac2b-0f651c53076e.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Continue reading: </p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36651471" target="_blank">Ancient birds' wings preserved in amber - BBC News</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Num7, post: 138093, member: 1"] [IMG]http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/51E4/production/_90146902_birdbycheungchung-tat.jpg[/IMG] Two wings from birds that lived alongside the dinosaurs have been found preserved in amber. The "spectacular" finds from Myanmar are from baby birds that got trapped in the sticky sap of a tropical forest 99 million years ago. Exquisite detail has been preserved in the feathers, including traces of colour in spots and stripes. The wings had sharp little claws, allowing the juvenile birds to clamber about in the trees. The tiny fossils, which are between two and three centimetres long, could shed further light on the evolution of birds from their dinosaur ancestors. [IMG]http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/17876/production/_90147369_eb68f5c2-819f-43c9-b84a-a766de6f092d.jpg[/IMG] The specimens, from well-known amber deposits in north-east Myanmar (also known as Burma), are described in the journal Nature Communications. Co-author Prof Mike Benton, from the University of Bristol, said: "The individual feathers show every filament and whisker, whether they are flight feathers or down feathers, and there are even traces of colour - spots and stripes." The hand anatomy shows the wings come from enantiornithine birds, which comprised a major bird grouping in the Cretaceous Period. However, the enantiornithines died out at the same time as the dinosaurs, 66 million years ago. Dr Steve Brusatte, a vertebrate palaeontologist at Edinburgh University, described the fossils as "spectacular". [IMG]http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/1CCE/production/_90147370_a27872a0-845a-4313-ac2b-0f651c53076e.jpg[/IMG] Continue reading: [URL="http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36651471"]Ancient birds' wings preserved in amber - BBC News[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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