Describes the first skeletal non-avian dinosaur remains found in amber—a 99-million-year-old juvenile tail section with eight vertebrae and 3D chestnut-brown and white plumage. Microscopic imaging reveals primitive, branching barbs and barbules lacking a rigid central shaft, confirming early feather evolution models.

The rise of dinosaurs was a major event in vertebrate history, but the timing of the origin and early diversification of the group remain poorly constrained. Here, we describe Nyasasaurus parringtoni gen. et sp.

The sauropod dinosaurs, which included titans such as Brachiosaurus, Diplodocus, and Apatosaurus (once known as Brontosaurus), are well-known for the very long necks they usually sported.

Newly found fossils of a feathered dinosaur suggest that extinct reptiles might have possessed a diversity in plumage types.