Paleobiology: Rare beetle larva found in amber
LMU zoologists have found the first ever riffle beetle larva in Baltic amber.
Paleontology & Fossils
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News tagged with amber deposit
Scientists reconstruct beetles from the Cretaceous
About a year ago, researchers found fossil specimens of beetles in an amber deposit in Myanmar, thereby describing a new beetle family that lived about 99 million years ago. However, the scientists had not been able to fully ...
Archaeology
Oct 8, 2020
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New fossil pushes back physical evidence of insect pollination to 99 million years ago
A new study co-led by researchers in the U.S. and China has pushed back the first-known physical evidence of insect flower pollination to 99 million years ago, during the mid-Cretaceous period.
Archaeology
Nov 11, 2019
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Chasing dinosaurs in Myanmar's conflict-ridden north
"Amber hunters" on a quest for a Jurassic Park-style discovery of dinosaur remains sift through mounds of the precious resin in Myanmar—a lucrative trade that captivates palaeontologists but also fuels a decades-long conflict ...
Archaeology
Jul 1, 2018
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Researchers uncover New Zealand's first fossils preserved in amber
The discovery of fossil insects, nematodes and fungi preserved in amber from sites in Otago is shedding new light on New Zealand's geological and biological history.
Paleontology & Fossils
Feb 8, 2018
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Terrified insect escapes a permanent tomb—50 million years ago
Thousands of insects, plants and other life forms have been found trapped in ancient amber deposits, but a new discovery shows a rarity of a different type - the one that got away.
Archaeology
Jul 14, 2016
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New Insects, Bacteria Uncovered in Dinosaur-Era Amber Deposit
A description of a 95-million-year-old amber deposit—the first major discovery of its kind from the African continent—is adding new fungus, insects, spiders, nematodes, and even bacteria to an ecosystem that had been ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 5, 2010
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Unexpected amber find rewrites botanical history
(PhysOrg.com) -- An unexpected discovery made by Macquarie University PhD student Sargent Bray about the origin and nature of chemical compounds contained in ancient amber has changed our understanding of when modern flowering ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 2, 2009
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