100 million years dinosaur feathers encased in amber in perfect condition!
Real life Jurassic Park? The nearly 100 million years old dinosaur feathers, come from a tiny bird-sized reptile’s tail.
Above image credit Royal Saskatchewan Museum, RSM/ R.C. McKellar
Parts of its feathery tail, was preserved for the ages in a chunk of amber.
Credit Chung-tat Cheung and Yi Liu
The resin engulfed its tail, hardening into a topaz-colored gem.
That amber the first known to contain dinosaur feathering, salvaged from a Burmese mine. It is safeguarded so well, that researchers can identify the finest details of its structure.
Credit Chung-tat Cheung
via popsci
So feathers didnt evolve, they just appeared perfectly formed way back then, hey? How do you know it was cold blooded reptile? Birds already been found in China(fossils).They could fly too.