{"id":1359,"date":"2025-12-07T23:17:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T23:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kachinamber.com\/store\/?post_type=product&#038;p=1359"},"modified":"2025-12-07T23:17:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T23:17:13","slug":"cretaceous-burmite-amber-with-well-preserved-feather-inclusion-uftr-007-25","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/kachinamber.com\/store\/product\/cretaceous-burmite-amber-with-well-preserved-feather-inclusion-uftr-007-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Cretaceous Burmite Amber With Well-Preserved Feather Inclusion | UFTR-007-25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This large and is most visually dramatic Cretaceous Burmese amber specimen contains is <strong data-start=\"363\" data-end=\"396\">beautifully preserved feather<\/strong>, showcasing fine\u00a0 vane structure characteristic of early avian or non-avian theropod integument.<\/p>\n<p>Feathers in Burmese amber represent some of the most scientifically meaningful inclusions known from the deposit, offering direct insight into the evolution of flight, thermoregulation, coloration, and feather architecture in the mid-Cretaceous.<\/p>\n<p>The feather in this specimen is impressively large, spanning a wide portion of the amber and preserved with excellent structural clarity. The vane shows asymmetric barbs and delicate branching, while the basal region appears contoured against a resin flow line\u2014indicating the feather adhered to fresh resin before sinking during subsequent flows.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1998\" data-end=\"2213\"><strong data-start=\"1998\" data-end=\"2013\">Dimensions:<\/strong> 79 \u00d7 37 \u00d7 10 mm<br data-start=\"2029\" data-end=\"2032\" \/><strong data-start=\"2032\" data-end=\"2043\">Weight:<\/strong> 83.5 cts<br data-start=\"2052\" data-end=\"2055\" \/><strong data-start=\"2055\" data-end=\"2063\">Age:<\/strong> ~99 million years (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian)<br data-start=\"2111\" data-end=\"2114\" \/><strong data-start=\"2114\" data-end=\"2127\">Locality:<\/strong> Hukawng Valley, Kachin State, Myanmar<br data-start=\"2165\" data-end=\"2168\" \/><strong data-start=\"2168\" data-end=\"2181\">Material:<\/strong> Natural Burmese amber (Burmite)<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"2215\" data-end=\"2218\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This large and is most visually dramatic Cretaceous Burmese amber specimen contains is beautifully preserved feather, showcasing fine\u00a0 vane structure characteristic of early avian or non-avian theropod integument. Feathers in Burmese amber represent some of the most scientifically meaningful inclusions known from the deposit, offering direct insight into the evolution of flight, thermoregulation, coloration, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1361,"template":"","meta":{"spay_email":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kachinamber.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1359"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kachinamber.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kachinamber.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kachinamber.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kachinamber.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}