Hatchling Preserved in Amber (Photos)
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Educated guess
(Image credit: Chung-Tat Cheung)
This very detailed artist's reconstruction of the Enantiornithes hatchling, based not only on the preserved material but also from broader knowledge of the species, is set against a backdrop of amber.
Two halves of a whole
(Image credit: Lida Xing, China University of Geosciences, Beijing (CUGB))
The two halves of the amber piece, lit from behind, feature the preserved body parts.
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