Ticks fed on dinosaur blood: 99-mn-year-old fossil reveals
The fossil of a tick with a feather preserved in a 99-million-year-old amber specimen has led researchers to believe that the parasites fed on the blood of feathered dinosaurs. Researchers noted the discovery reminded of the mosquito-in-amber premise of Jurassic Park, but all attempts to extract DNA from amber specimens have been unsuccessful due to the molecule's short life.