AN ENTIRE LIZARD TRAPPED IN AMBER IS GAZING BACK AT US FROM 110 MILLION YEARS AGO

SYFY ^ | 18 Feb 2022 | Elizabeth Rayne

[DUMBGRUNT]

Creatures get trapped in amber all the time, but most prehistoric finds are insects. Amber is a great material for preserving arthropods because of their already tough shells that will hold on even if the insides disintegrate. But what about a lizard? Retinosaurus hkamentiensis is a new extinct species of lizard that was unexpectedly found trapped in Burmese amber. No one expected an entire reptile to be preserved so well, from its scaly skin down to its skeleton.

[DUMBGRUNT]

I once had a nice spider in amber, our daughter took it to school in the third grade... I now have two spider haves in amber.

[ClearCase_guy]

COVID

[Tennessee Nana]

PING

[dfwgator]

“Life finds a way.”

[BenLurkin]

[Beowulf9]

Looks just like the lizards out here in az

[Jet Jaguar]

Very cool.

[PghBaldy]

So does death.

[Huskrrrr]

Remarkable resemblance.

[blam]

Excellent.

[cdcdawg]

Its eyes are saying, “If you only knew how bad things really are.”

[TexasGator]

““Life finds a way.”

Life finds a way to die.

[EEGator]

[BradyLS]

Nanzi’s innards are pickled in Vodka and preservatves from all that ice cream.

[EEGator]

Sleestack, from Land of the Lost, right?...

[BradyLS]

That could be a Die Hard sequel tag and title:

"Life Finds A Way..."

TO DIE HARD

[broken_clock]

Lol, you win!

[Flick Lives]

AN ENTIRE LIZARD TRAPPED IN AMBER IS GAZING BACK AT US FROM 110 MILLION YEARS AGO

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Interesting to contemplate that as long ago as that was, and it predates the existence of modern humans by 9.5 million years, it is still over 55 million years after the age of the last dinosaurs. That’s why I shake my head when know nothings go around bleating about the world ending in 10 years.

[Jonty30]

Death in amber is so pretty.

[Flick Lives]

Rats, my math is off by 100 million years. Oh well, a 100 million is a rounding error on a planet 4.5 billion years old.