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Scientists discovered an incredibly rare fossil suspended in 16 million-year-old amber: a never-before-seen species of tardigrade, a pudgy, aquatic critter that rarely crops up in the fossil record. ....
A new species of tardigrade has been discovered fossilized in 16-million-year-old Dominican amber, making it only the fourth tardigrade fossil ever found a ....
Prehistoric Hell Ant Stuck in Amber Has Been Biting Its Prey For 99 Million Years 10 JANUARY 2021 A long-extinct lineage of insect, known fondly as the hell ant , has been discovered frozen in 99-million-year-old amber, with its scythe-like jaw still pinning its prey. According to scientists, this fierce predator is a newly identified species of prehistoric ant, known as Ceratomyrmex ellenbergeri, and it s the first time we ve ever seen a hell ant actively feeding. Its meal is an extinct relative of the cockroach.
Fossilised behaviour is exceedingly rare, predation especially so, says Phillip Barden, who studies social insect evolution at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). ....