Fossilised beetle poo sheds light on prehistoric pollinator diets
Fossilised beetle poo sheds light on prehistoric pollinator diets Ecological reconstruction of a prehistoric beetle pollinating flowers. Image: Jie Sun Researchers have used a beetle fossilised in amber to learn more about prehistoric pollinator-flower systems. A new study claims that some ancient pollinators didn’t just transport pollen, but fed on it too. Researchers at the University of Bristol and the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have unearthed new findings using a prehistoric pollinator fossil. Pollinators are some of the most import...
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