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99 Ma birds in amber

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Recently our understanding of Cretaceous birds is being expanded by exceptional discoveries of small enantiornithine birds trapped in Cenomanian aged amber from Myanmar. These discoveries include two nearly complete individuals and one isolated hindlimb that represents a new species, Elektorornis chenguangi. So far six skeletal specimens have been uncovered, all of which have been described by me. 

Read more:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2018/02/dinosaurs-birds-trapped-amber-fossils-paleontology-science/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/06/baby-bird-dinosaur-burmese-amber-fossil/

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/11/world/ancient-bird-foot-lizard-microraptor-scn/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/11/world/ancient-bird-foot-lizard-microraptor-scn/index.html

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/06/baby-bird-trapped-amber-lived-alongside-dinosaurs

https://www.newsweek.com/99-million-year-old-bird-lived-dinosaurs-found-trapped-ancient-amber-829175

Link to articles:
https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms12089

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1342937X17300527

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095927318300331

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-37427-4

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960982219306918

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