The eyes and scales of the chameleon-like creature were extremely well preserved, alongside a gekko and an arctic lizard, according to Stanley. If the creatures hadn’t been trapped inside the sticky resin, which hardens into amber, it would’ve decomposed quickly.
To examine the creatures without breaking the amber, and possibly the fossil, Stanley uses a digital x-ray, which will help his team explore the “lost ecosystem, the lost world” to which the creature belonged.
