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First Dinosaur Tail Found Preserved in Amber
« on: December 09, 2016, 02:14:41 am »
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/12/feathered-dinosaur-tail-amber-theropod-myanmar-burma-cretaceous/

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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.
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Re: First Dinosaur Tail Found Preserved in Amber
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2016, 02:15:42 am »
I've heard of chasing some old tail but this is ridiculous.
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Re: First Dinosaur Tail Found Preserved in Amber
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2016, 02:19:12 am »
Quote from: Cripplecreek on December 09, 2016, 02:15:42 am
I've heard of chasing some old tail but this is ridiculous.

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Re: First Dinosaur Tail Found Preserved in Amber
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Re: First Dinosaur Tail Found Preserved in Amber
« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2016, 03:01:02 am »
Cool!!
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Re: First Dinosaur Tail Found Preserved in Amber
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Re: First Dinosaur Tail Found Preserved in Amber
« Reply #6 on: December 09, 2016, 03:40:51 am »
Quote from: Sanguine on December 09, 2016, 03:12:15 am
It  IS cool!

No. It's dead.

BTW, this discovery is going to be known as the end of humanity after a scientist uses its DNA to repopulate the world with Dinosaurs.
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Re: First Dinosaur Tail Found Preserved in Amber
« Reply #7 on: December 09, 2016, 03:41:52 am »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on December 09, 2016, 03:40:51 am
No. It's dead.

BTW, this discovery is going to be known as the end of humanity after a scientist uses its DNA to repopulate the world with Dinosaurs.

I think you've found a good movie plot line!
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Re: First Dinosaur Tail Found Preserved in Amber
« Reply #8 on: December 09, 2016, 03:44:15 am »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on December 09, 2016, 03:40:51 am
No. It's dead.

BTW, this discovery is going to be known as the end of humanity after a scientist uses its DNA to repopulate the world with Dinosaurs.

Feathered serpents and dragons go deep in folklore, and they are never ever a good thing.
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Re: First Dinosaur Tail Found Preserved in Amber
« Reply #9 on: December 09, 2016, 04:17:01 am »
Quote from: Oceander on December 09, 2016, 03:41:52 am
I think you've found a good movie plot line!

It's so good I'll bet I could get Spielberg to direct!
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Re: First Dinosaur Tail Found Preserved in Amber
« Reply #10 on: December 09, 2016, 04:31:43 am »
OK so they've only got a tail with feathers and the critter was small enough to hop around in a hand.  How do they know that it wasn't a bird?
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Re: First Dinosaur Tail Found Preserved in Amber
« Reply #11 on: December 09, 2016, 04:44:14 am »
Quote from: LadyLiberty on December 09, 2016, 04:31:43 am
OK so they've only got a tail with feathers and the critter was small enough to hop around in a hand.  How do they know that it wasn't a bird?

It basically was a bird. The Cretaceous period was the end of the dinos and the beginning of the type of stuff we are familiar with. Birds are basically the only descendants of dinosaurs we have today.
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Re: First Dinosaur Tail Found Preserved in Amber
« Reply #12 on: December 09, 2016, 04:56:46 am »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on December 09, 2016, 04:44:14 am
It basically was a bird. The Cretaceous period was the end of the dinos and the beginning of the type of stuff we are familiar with. Birds are basically the only descendants of dinosaurs we have today.

That's a croc - odile...
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Re: First Dinosaur Tail Found Preserved in Amber
« Reply #13 on: December 09, 2016, 11:42:24 am »
Quote from: LadyLiberty on December 09, 2016, 04:31:43 am
How do they know that it wasn't a bird?

The tail is long and flexible, which is typical of dinosaurs but not birds.
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Re: First Dinosaur Tail Found Preserved in Amber
« Reply #14 on: December 09, 2016, 11:46:09 am »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on December 09, 2016, 04:44:14 am
It basically was a bird.

It had a lot in common with birds, but if you look at their opinion of what it looked like you see a lot more dinosaur than bird. That's just their opinion but still, not many are more qualified to have one on this matter.
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« Reply #15 on: December 09, 2016, 12:28:10 pm »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on December 09, 2016, 04:17:01 am
It's so good I'll bet I could get Spielberg to direct!

I'll bet you could! 
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