Nation New species of tiny ‘bird-dinosaur’ discovered trapped in 99-million-year-old amber March 11, 2020 Doyle Rice, USA TODAY Comments Off on New species of tiny ‘bird-dinosaur’ discovered trapped in 99-million-year-old amber A new species of a bird-like dinosaur that lived 99 million years ago has been identified from a fossilized skull trapped in a block of amber.