One of the most exciting breakthroughs in paleontology was the discovery of a feathered dinosaur tail preserved in amber. This Cretaceous period fossil, similar to the rare 80-million-year-old ...

Antarctica was the only continent on which amber fossils had not been found-until ... The amber was remarkably well-preserved even though it was buried under the seafloor for so long.

Approximately 38 million years ago two termites were in the middle of courtship behavior when they got entrapped by tree resin and preserved ... amber. This, so far, oldest and only-described ...

"Chimerarachne fills the gap between Palaeozoic arachnids with tails known from rocks (uraraneids) and true spiders, and the fact the new fossils have been wonderfully preserved in Burmese amber ...

tar (like the famous La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles), or amber, in which ancient insects have been found, wonderfully preserved. Rare but highly informative are fossils created by a sudden event ...

(Source: Alfred Wegener Institute) Researchers aim to uncover more about this ancient ecosystem, investigating whether it burned down or preserved life within the amber. The findings set the stage ...

Under certain conditions fossils might not have been created ... For example, dead animals and plants can be preserved in amber, peat bogs, tar pits, or in ice. Amber close amberHardened tree ...