I wonder if we'll eventually find that all, or most, dinosaurs were feathered. I mean, it is a bit of a coincidence, that we find a dinosaur tail in amber and it just so happens to be from a feather dinosaur- it's a bit of a coincidence.
Have other dinosaur body parts been found so well preserved?
I think the defining characteristic of a dinosaur that would allow it to be trapped in resin is small size. I couldn't imagine a T-Rex getting trapped in resin, say :)
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I wonder if we'll eventually find that all, or most, dinosaurs were feathered. I mean, it is a bit of a coincidence, that we find a dinosaur tail in amber and it just so happens to be from a feather dinosaur- it's a bit of a coincidence.
Have other dinosaur body parts been found so well preserved?
I think current think is that most therapods had at least some feathers [1]. Not sure about the dinosaurs that walked on all fours though.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theropoda#Skin,_scales_and_fea...
the nodosaur found in Alberta doesnt seem to have had feathers.
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-new-dinosaur-fossil-has-been-...
Neither does a tortoise. It doesn't seem like growing armor is conducive to producing feathers on top of it.
And as you likely know, these are dinosaur contemporaries who are from that general lineage. So great example.
"The earliest fossils are from the beginning of the age of dinosaurs, in the late Triassic."
feathers are more likely to get stuck in resin?
I think the defining characteristic of a dinosaur that would allow it to be trapped in resin is small size. I couldn't imagine a T-Rex getting trapped in resin, say :)