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Crested
Newt

salamanders in amber

Crested newt in amber

Hi res image of a complete crested newt in amber. Members of the salamander family are extremely rare in Cretaceous amber, birds and lizards are more common.
Cretaceous crested newt in amber

“He was too absurd to make me angry. Indeed, it was a waste of energy, for if you were going to be angry with this man you would be angry all the time.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World

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Egg in amber
Lots of bird eggs in amber
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bird head in amber
100 myo Bird head in Amber

feather in amber

Feathers are epidermal growths that form the distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on birds. They are considered the most complex integumentary structures found in vertebrates, and indeed a premier example of a complex evolutionary novelty.