Dinosaurs had feathered, chestnut brown tails with a pale underside, a newly found specimen reveals.
新近发现的标本表明,恐龙有覆着羽毛的栗褐色尾巴,且其尾巴底面是浅色的。
The tip of the tail was found in an ancient blob of amber tree resin.
恐龙尾巴的末端是在一块年代久远的琥珀树脂中发现的。
The amber was discovered by Dr Lida Xing from the China University of Geosciences at an amber market in Myanmar in 2017.
2017年,中国地质大学的邢立达博士在缅甸的一个琥珀市场上发现了这块琥珀。
It was initially thought to be plant remains and was destined to become a piece of jewellery until Xing rescued it.
最初,这块琥珀被当成一块植物化石,直到邢教授“解救”了它,才摆脱被制作成一件珠宝的命运。
The tail belonged to a small, flightless dinosaur that lived in the mid-Cretaceous period around 99 million years ago.
这条尾巴属于9900万年前生活在白垩纪中期的一只不会飞的小恐龙。
And the rare find sheds light on the evolution of feathers from dinosaurs to modern birds, which cannot be gleaned from normal fossil remains.
这个罕见的发现说明了,从恐龙到现代鸟类,羽毛在其身上的演化,而从普通化石中则无法得出这样的结论。
The incredible discovery reveals the feathered tail of a non-avian theropod that perished approximately 99 million years ago.
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