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Dinosaur’s Tail Found

08 Thursday Dec 2016

Posted by Dagny Gromer in strange objects

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http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-dinosaur-feathers-amber-20161208-story.html

While browsing amber markets in Myanmar, scientists discovered the feathers and partial tail of a tiny baby dinosaur that lived some 99 million years ago.

In recent years, paleontologists have also realized that many dinosaurs were not scaly (a la Jurassic Park) but feathered like birds. However, their plumage’s original purpose (for example, for insulation or for camouflage) remains up for debate.

How cool is this? An actual dinosaur tail.

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