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Amber, a fossilized tree resin valued for its beauty, can preserve ancient animals, plants and even fungi in spectacular detail. In recent decades, amber from Myanmar has yielded a remarkable array of small fossil vertebrates, including dinosaurs, birds, frogs, and lizards.
Retinosaurus hkamtiensis was discovered by Burmese Gemologist Nyi Nyi Aung and is described in Scientific Reports:
Čerňanský, A., Stanley, E.L., Daza, J.D. et al. A new Early Cretaceous lizard in Myanmar amber with exceptionally preserved integument. Sci Rep 12, 1660 (2022). doi.org/10.103...