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Dinosaur feathers fossilized in amber

This is very cool. BBC.

80 million year old dinosaur feathers were found in amber deposits in Alberta. The feathers tell us not only about their shape, but suggest their color as well.

I have in my mind an image of T-rex done up like big bird in a feather boa. Well maybe not that.

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Permalink Reply by annet on October 15, 2011 at 10:47am

Michael Crichton would have loved this.

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Permalink Reply by Madison on October 15, 2011 at 10:52am

That makes sense. Archeoptryx had feathers, and so did some kinds of raptor. It's not a far jump from reptile to bird, really.

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Permalink Reply by PaleoAnthroEvo on October 15, 2011 at 10:58am

The transition from reptiles, specifically the reptiles that developed into the diapsids and into dinosaurs, into aves is really not hard to get and the amount of problems people have with it is astounding...though expected.

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Wachenheim on October 15, 2011 at 9:16pm

I have chickens in my yard. I like to imagine they are behaving like little dinosaurs. If you use your imagination, it's not that much of a stretch. I had one who was like a little T-rex. She killed any new chicken who I introduced to the flock, and went after some adult hens, standing on them pecking at them. I think she murdered one of them too.