Kua kitea e ngā kairangahau ngā tae tūturu o tētahi rōpū pepeke tawhito kua mau ki roto i te amipere i Myanmar i te 99 miriona tau ki muri. Ko ētahi o ngā pepeke onamata ko ngā wāpi kōkō, ngā rango wai me ngā pītau, ā, he kikorangi whakarewa, he papura me he kākāriki katoa ō rātou tae.
He nui ngā taonga o te taiao, engari he onge te kitea o ngā tohu o te tae taketake o tētahi rauropi i roto i ngā kōiwi tawhito. Heoi anō, kei te rapu huarahi ngā tohunga pūtaiao mō ngā tae mai i ngā kōiwi tawhito kua tiakina pai, ahakoa he tainasoa, he ngārara rere, he nakahi me he kararehe whakangote tawhito rānei.
He mea tino nui te mārama ki te tae o ngā momo kua ngaro, nā te mea ka taea e ia te kōrero ki ngā kairangahau mō ngā whanonga o ngā kararehe. Hei tauira, ka taea te whakamahi i te tae hei kukume i ngā hoa, hei whakatūpato rānei i ngā kaipahua, ā, ka āwhina anō hoki ki te whakahaere i te pāmahana. Mā te ako atu mō rātou ka taea hoki e ngā kairangahau te ako atu mō ngā pūnaha rauropi me ngā taiao.
I roto i te rangahau hou, i tirohia e te rōpū rangahau mai i te Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology (NIGPAS) o te Chinese Academy of Sciences ētahi tauira amipere takitahi e 35 kei roto ngā pepeke kua tiakina pai. I kitea ngā kōiwi tawhito i roto i tētahi maina amipere i te raki o Myanmar.
…Hono mai ki te Pānui ZME mō ngā purongo pūtaiao whakamiharo, ngā āhuatanga me ngā kōrero motuhake. Kāore e hē te whiwhi i ngā kaiohauru neke atu i te 40,000.
"Ko te amipere kei waenganui o te Cretaceous, tata ki te 99 miriona tau te pakeke, mai i te wā koura o ngā tainasoa," te kī a te kaituhi matua a Chenyan Cai i roto i tētahi panui. "He kapia i hangaia e ngā rākau koniferi tawhito e tupu ana i roto i te taiao ngahere ua. Ka tiakina ngā tipu me ngā kararehe e mau ana i roto i te kapia matotoru, ko ētahi he pono."
Ko ngā tae o te taiao e toru ngā wāhanga whānui: te bioluminescence, ngā pigments, me ngā tae hanganga. Kua kitea e ngā kōiwi amber ngā tae hanganga kua tiakina, he kaha, he tino whakamiharo hoki (tae atu ki ngā tae whakarewa) ā, ka puta mai i ngā hanganga marara mārama moroiti kei runga i te pane, te tinana me ngā peka o te kararehe.
I whakakanapahia ngā kōiwi tawhito e ngā kairangahau mā te whakamahi i te pepa kirikiri me te paura oneone diatomaceous. Ka hurihia ētahi amipere kia angiangi rawa kia kitea mārama ai ngā pepeke, ā, me te mea he mārama te hanganga amipere e karapoti ana i te māramatanga kanapa. I whakatikahia ngā whakaahua i whakaurua ki te rangahau hei whakatika i te kanapa me te rerekētanga.
"Ko te momo tae e tiakina ana i roto i te amipara tawhito ka kiia ko te tae hanganga," te kī a Yanhong Pan, te kaituhi tahi o te rangahau, i roto i tētahi kōrero. "Ka whakamararatia e ngā hanganga nano o te mata ngā roangaru motuhake o te mārama," "ka whakaputa i ngā tae tino kaha," te kī a Pan, me te tāpiri ko tēnei "tikanga te kawenga mō te maha o ngā tae e mōhiotia ana e tātou i roto i ō tātou oranga o ia rā."
O ngā kōiwi katoa, ko ngā wāpu kūkū te mea tino whakamiharo, me ngā tae kikorangi-kakariki whakarewa, kōwhai-whero, waiporoporo me te kakariki i runga i ō rātou mahunga, uma, puku me ngā waewae. E ai ki te rangahau, he tino ōrite ēnei tauira tae ki ngā wāpu kūkū e ora ana i ēnei rā. Ko ētahi atu mea tino whakamiharo ko ngā pītau kikorangi me te papura me ngā rango hōia kakariki pouri whakarewa.
Mā te whakamahi i te karu hikohiko, i whakaatuhia e ngā kairangahau he "hanganga angaanga o waho o te amber kua tiakina pai."
"E whakaatu ana ā mātou kitenga he kaha te kī he rite tonu ngā tae o ētahi kōiwi amipere ki ngā tae o ngā pepeke i whakaaturia i a rātou e ora ana i te 99 miriona tau ki muri," te tuhituhi a ngā kaituhi o te rangahau. "Hei tāpiri, kua whakaūtia tēnei e te mea he maha ngā wā ka kitea ngā kikorangi-kakariki whakarewa i roto i ngā wāpi cuckoo e ora tonu ana."
He kairīpoata a Fermin Koop nō Buenos Aires, Argentina. He tohu MA tana i roto i te Taiao me te Whanaketanga mai i Te Whare Wānanga o Reading, UK, ā, he tohunga ia ki te kairīpoata taiao me te huringa āhuarangi.