Preserved dinosaur tail discovered in northern Myanmar

Paleontologist Lida Xing, who presented his findings in a report Friday, made the discovery last year in the city of Myitkyina in Kachin State.
The feathered dinosaur tail which was nearly 100 million years old was preserved in a piece of amber the size of an apricot.
The amber was initially intended to be turned into jewellery. With the discovery scientists will now able to learn about the early moments of differentiation between dinosaurs and birds.
The amber was found in Hukawng Valley, which according to National Geographic magazine "most likely contains the world's largest variety of animal and plant life from the Cretaceous period." The valley is currently not accessible to scientists because of a decade-long armed conflict between the Myanmar military and an ethnic rebel group.