First Dinosaur Tail Found Preserved in Amber
To scientists’ delight, the incredible appendage from 99 million years ago is covered in feathers.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/12/feathered-dinosaur-tail-amber-theropod-myanmar-burma-cretaceous/

The tail of a 99-million-year-old dinosaur, including bones, soft tissue, and even feathers, has been found preserved in amber, according to a report published today in the journal Current Biology.

While individual dinosaur-era feathers have been found in amber, and evidence for feathered dinosaurs is captured in fossil impressions, this is the first time that scientists are able to clearly associate well-preserved feathers with a dinosaur, and in turn gain a better understanding of the evolution and structure of dinosaur feathers.

The research, led by paleontologist Lida Xing of the China University of Geosciences, was funded in part by the National Geographic Society’s Expeditions Council.

A Telling Tail

The semitranslucent mid-Cretaceous amber sample, roughly the size and shape of a dried apricot, captures one of the earliest moments of differentiation between the feathers of birds of flight and the feathers of dinosaurs. (Learn more about the evolutionary relationship between dinosaurs and birds.)

Inside the lump of resin is a 1.4-inch appendage covered in delicate feathers, described as chestnut brown with a pale or white underside.

dv said:

First Dinosaur Tail Found Preserved in Amber
To scientists’ delight, the incredible appendage from 99 million years ago is covered in feathers.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/12/feathered-dinosaur-tail-amber-theropod-myanmar-burma-cretaceous/

The tail of a 99-million-year-old dinosaur, including bones, soft tissue, and even feathers, has been found preserved in amber, according to a report published today in the journal Current Biology.

While individual dinosaur-era feathers have been found in amber, and evidence for feathered dinosaurs is captured in fossil impressions, this is the first time that scientists are able to clearly associate well-preserved feathers with a dinosaur, and in turn gain a better understanding of the evolution and structure of dinosaur feathers.

The research, led by paleontologist Lida Xing of the China University of Geosciences, was funded in part by the National Geographic Society’s Expeditions Council.

A Telling Tail

The semitranslucent mid-Cretaceous amber sample, roughly the size and shape of a dried apricot, captures one of the earliest moments of differentiation between the feathers of birds of flight and the feathers of dinosaurs. (Learn more about the evolutionary relationship between dinosaurs and birds.)

Inside the lump of resin is a 1.4-inch appendage covered in delicate feathers, described as chestnut brown with a pale or white underside.

Is this a new one? Was the previous one a dinosaur wing?
Yes it is a new one, the one from six months ago was a pair of wings.

Earlier amber.

Latest amber.

Are the ages and/or locations similar?

It’s distinctly feather like, I wonder when a new dinosaur movie is made they will have feathers instead of scales/leathery skin

Cymek said:

It’s distinctly feather like, I wonder when a new dinosaur movie is made they will have feathers instead of scales/leathery skin

Has been done. I’ve seen a movie with a feathered dinosaur in it.

What I’m waiting for is a dinosaur movie in which the T Rex not only has feathers, but lives underwater and eats fish.

Same age. Both pieces of amber are 99 million years old.

Same location. Both analysed by the team led by Lida Xing of the China University of Geosciences.