Welcome Guest [Log In] [Register]






Shoot a firework rocket ~ Winners!
Make a forum zoo!

Welcome to The Round Table. We hope you enjoy your visit.


You're currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are some features you can't use. If you join our community, you'll be able to access member-only sections, and use many member-only features such as customizing your profile, sending personal messages, and voting in polls. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free.


Join our community!


If you're already a member please log in to your account to access all of our features:

Username:   Password:
Add Reply
  • Pages:
  • 1
  • 2
Small Theropod Tail Preserved in Amber
Topic Started: Dec 8 2016, 01:59 PM (1,561 Views)
BossAggron
Member Avatar
Formerly Dilophoraptor

the dark phoenix
Dec 9 2016, 04:25 AM
How did they come to the conclusion of coelurosaur?
I'd assume through the vertebral shape and the presence of feathers.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Ulquiorra
Member Avatar


HENDRIX
Dec 9 2016, 07:06 AM
I highly doubt the tail broke off just like that. Either it was bitten off before it fell into the resin, or the whole dinosaur was trapped and was separated from its tail post-mortem. Maybe the rest was also worn away by erosion of the amber.
What about predation whilst it's tail was stuck? would that be possible?
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
stargatedalek
Member Avatar
I'm not slow! That's just my moe!

The tail shows signs of damage and rotting, unlikely it was entrapped before death.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Galliwasp
Member Avatar
There is a way out. Just not for you.

Ulquiorra
Dec 8 2016, 06:56 PM
the dark phoenix
Dec 8 2016, 05:36 PM
SCREEEEEEEEEE!!!!! :D

I just had a amazing thought. Yes this is a tail and thus something still very important...but what if he had a non-avian dinosaur's face? Hell if it was small enough, a whole or good portion of a dinosaur?

Just the idea of a face predating us looking at us would make my blood run cold.

Of course this find is the opposite end of the dino from what I'm talking about but the idea of any part of a dino in amber sends me going crazy. :D
Or the whole dinosaur, I mean if it's small enough so that it's tail gets trapped in amber, just imagine if it's whole body got stuck?

Also any estimates as to the age of the animal or the size of it it's safe to say a small dinosaur, but how small?
Seconded. The greatest thing about this discovery, for me, is that it raises the possibility of finding something dinosaurian preserved like this Eocene gecko:
Posted Image


As if those bird wings (complete with clawed hands) from earlier this year weren't enough already...it's only a shame that amber is only known from the Cretaceous onward.
Edited by Galliwasp, Dec 12 2016, 10:51 AM.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
1 user reading this topic (1 Guest and 0 Anonymous)
« Previous Topic · Extinct Animals & Evolution · Next Topic »
Add Reply
  • Pages:
  • 1
  • 2