Tag: Amber

First Discovery Of Antarctic Amber: Insights Into Cretaceous Forests Near The South Pole

MessageToEagle.com | November 13, 2024

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – About 90 million years ago, Antarctica’s climate supported resin-producing trees. Presumed tree bark fragments (Photo: Johann P. Klages) Now, researchers led by

Fossils

World’s Smallest Mesozoic Dinosaur Discovered In Amber

MessageToEagle | March 12, 2020

Don Wood – MessageToEagle.com – Scientists have discovered a small, bird-like skull preserved in Burmese amber. It turns out this is a new species, Oculudentavis khaungraae, that could represent

The new animal resembles a spider in having fangs, male pedipalps, four walking legs and silk-producing spinnerets at its rear. However, it also bears a long flagellum or tail. No living spider has a tail. Credit: Dinghua Yang

Biology

Spider With A Tail Found Preserved In Amber After 100 Million Years

MessageToEagle.com | February 7, 2018

MessageToEagle.com – A remarkable new species of arachnid, resembling a spider with a tail, has been discovered in amber from Myanmar (formerly Burma), of mid-Cretaceous age, around 100 million