• First Dinosaur Tail Found Preserved in Amber
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[t]http://news.nationalgeographic.com/content/dam/news/2016/12/08/dinosaur_tail/06_dinosaur_tail.adapt.1190.1.jpg[/t][t]http://news.nationalgeographic.com/content/dam/news/2016/12/08/dinosaur_tail/03_dinosaur_tail.adapt.590.1.jpg[/t] [quote]The tail of a 99-million-year-old dinosaur, including bones, soft tissue, and even feathers, has been found preserved in amber, according to a report published today in the journal Current Biology. The semitranslucent mid-Cretaceous amber sample, roughly the size and shape of a dried apricot, captures one of the earliest moments of differentiation between the feathers of birds of flight and the feathers of dinosaurs. Based on the structure of the tail, researchers believe it belongs to a juvenile coelurosaur, part of a group of theropod dinosaurs that includes everything from tyrannosaurs to modern birds. The amber sample—formally called DIP-V-15103 and nicknamed "Eva" in honor of paleobotanist Eva Koppelhus, the wife of co-author Philip Currie—comes from a mine in the Hukawng Valley in Kachin state, northern Myanmar. Amber from this region most likely contains the world's largest variety of animal and plant life from the Cretaceous period.[/quote] [[URL="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/12/feathered-dinosaur-tail-amber-theropod-myanmar-burma-cretaceous/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_fb20161208news-feathereddino&utm_campaign=Content&sf45504119=1"]Nat-Geo[/URL]] This is [I]really cool [/I]to me. I've fallen out of dinosaur news the older I'm getting but hearing that they're actually finding more evidence of feathers is awesome. More close-up pics are in the article.
Holy shit, what an amazing find, how surreal it would be to find an actual bit of a dinosaur encased in amber
It's crazy to think that something that old survived so well after all this time
Imagine if we ever found a fully intact dinosaur, how trippy would that be Look at those feathers, those are 99 million year old feathers, that's so crazy to comprehend.
[QUOTE=RenaFox;51498776]It's crazy to think that something that old survived so well after all this time[/QUOTE] And it's all thanks to some sticky tree goop.
[QUOTE=Killer900;51498785]Imagine if we ever found a fully intact dinosaur, how trippy would that be Look at those feathers, those are 99 million year old feathers, that's so crazy to comprehend.[/QUOTE] Well, we already did (sort of) [url]http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/12/071203-dino-mummy.html?source=sailthru[/url]
[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;51498764]Holy shit, what an amazing find, how surreal it would be to find an actual bit of a dinosaur encased in amber[/QUOTE] It's almost one of those things that's so incredible you can't really comprehend it properly.
Hi ant.
[QUOTE=markfu;51498805]Hi ant.[/QUOTE] Poor ant, it had the chance to be really cool one day but some asshole dinosaur just HAD to die near it.
This is an amazing find, but I can't help but be interested in the ant a bit.
googled the name of the dino [IMG]http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/entirelydinosaur/images/1/1b/Guanlong.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100509174911[/IMG] hmmmm, im no expert but the tail is off
thank you, amber
Clone. Clone now. Do it.
[QUOTE=AaronM202;51498844]Clone. Clone now. Do it.[/QUOTE] DNA has a half-life. Anything remotely clone-able in that tail is long, long gone.
Clone the ant.
[QUOTE=1/4 Life;51498853]DNA has a half-life. Anything remotely clone-able in that tail is long, long gone.[/QUOTE] never say never, a halflife is not a guarantee if all you need is to 'read out' the dna, since synthetic dna can be processed. As soon as the dna of a dinosaur is sufficiently known, we can clone em.
[QUOTE=Electrocuter;51498857]Clone the ant.[/QUOTE] Do we really need more ants?
[QUOTE=Electrocuter;51498857]Clone the ant.[/QUOTE] Pretty cool that the ant probably didn’t change at all that much to today’s ants.
[QUOTE=1/4 Life;51498853]DNA has a half-life. Anything remotely clone-able in that tail is long, long gone.[/QUOTE] Dont care, clone it anyway.
[QUOTE=Blizzerd;51498835]googled the name of the dino -snip- hmmmm, im no expert but the tail is off[/QUOTE] You do realize that's just what we "think" it looked like right? That's our best guess.
[QUOTE=jonu67;51498894]You do realize that's just what we "think" it looked like right? That's our best guess.[/QUOTE] add some hair to the tail
I like how this is even further proof that dinosaurs had feathers. Feathered Dinos > Scaled Dinos
[QUOTE=1/4 Life;51498853]DNA has a half-life. Anything remotely clone-able in that tail is long, long gone.[/QUOTE] y=1/(2^x) will never reach zero
[QUOTE=Blizzerd;51498865]never say never, a halflife is not a guarantee if all you need is to 'read out' the dna, since synthetic dna can be processed. As soon as the dna of a dinosaur is sufficiently known, we can clone em.[/QUOTE] where are you getting this information from? DNA completely decays at around 6.8 million years. we haven't found a fossil that's younger than 65 million years old.
[QUOTE=Captain;51498913]I like how this is even further proof that dinosaurs had feathers. Feathered Dinos > Scaled Dinos[/QUOTE] It's past the point where you need to prove that anymore; it's just a matter of which ones. Really, at this point it's more unusual to find proof a particular dinosaur didn't have feathers. that said HOLY SHIT, the chances of this existing have gotta be incredible this is fucking amazing
[QUOTE=AaronM202;51498844]Clone. Clone now. Do it.[/QUOTE] Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.
[QUOTE=BazzBerry;51499010]Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.[/QUOTE] Its fine, some people might get eaten, but [i]DINOSAURS[/i].
[IMG]http://orig14.deviantart.net/5545/f/2010/146/9/e/mega_t_rex_chicken_by_doomsdaydevice9000.jpg[/IMG] :(
[QUOTE=Captain;51498913]I like how this is even further proof that dinosaurs had feathers. Feathered Dinos > Scaled Dinos[/QUOTE] True facts, and (always) relevant xkcd: [thumb]https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/feathers.png[/thumb] There used to be a clickable link to a youtube video of a modern bird using similar predatory behaviour but unfortunately it's been made private
jesus fucking christ that ant is older than some [B]mountains[/B], holy fucking christ
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