Entire enantiornithine bird found in Cretaceous amber from Burma

[Halichoeres]

fledglings, tails, sure, but geez, the whole bird? New in Nat Geo: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/02/dinosaurs-birds-trapped-amber-fossils-paleontology-science/

There's a link to the paper in the article but it seems to be broken. Maybe it hasn't been made available yet?

The specimen:


Reconstruction by Cheung Chung Tat:

[Faelrin]

Those deposits just keep on giving better and better finds. 2018 really is off to a good start for Paleontology. Let's hope it keeps going.

[Ravonium]

Judging by the sheer amount of finds of feathered creatures there last year and this year, it looks like Burmese amber deposits will become the new Jehol biota  .


This is a pretty cool find and I like how the drawing you shared shows a bird that fell into amber.

[WarrenJB]

Blimey O'Reilly.

But, erm... which end is up?

[Neosodon]

Didn't we just get a bird in amber a little while back? Is this the same one? It would be pretty remarkable to have two in a row.

[Jose S.M.]

Didn't we just get a bird in amber a little while back? Is this the same one? It would be pretty remarkable to have two in a row.

I think the other one was a hatchling, this one is juvenile but older than hatchlings.

[Patrx]

Yes, this is definitely a new one! Fantastic. I hope you're right, Ravonium, imagine how elucidating a non-avian dinosaur find like this would be!

[Halichoeres]

Found the paper, but it's paywalled  : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095927318300331