Much more exciting than any Tyrannosaurus nonsense, another paper came out recently in which a baby Enantiornithine dinosaur (so, close to modern birds, but not quite) was found, preserving many different types of feathers and structures!
LOOK AT THIS
It is the most complete dinosaur specimen as yet found in amber; including the skull, neck, wing portion, legs, and the tail
The snout isn’t very well preserved, but everything else is very detailed in what remains in the amber
There are feathers in tracts along the neck and head and behind the ear, filaments interspersed with scales on the feet (I wonder why that would matter, hmmm…), and ornamental tail feathers were starting to grow when it died.
There are primitive feathers on the tail and hindlimbs, indicating that these fairly later-derived theropods retained these “stage 1″ feathers as juveniles (and potentially later)
The enantiornithine had a few down feathers, but not as much as in modern birds, which may indicate these weren’t a major feature of non-Neornithean theropods
So this is a fantastically preserved specimen and so exciting!!! Amber is seriously the best
Thanks to @albertonykus, again, for the help in writing this!!!
DEEP WORLD SEA 