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Ive just seen some of those photos. All that insect life. Almost alien....
But it's the timescale involved that I find so poignant - perfectly preserved for 230 million years in the case of the two Triassic mites in the story below. Just think about that for a moment. It is simply awe-inspiring. ![]() http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...opod-triassic/ |
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What do you reckon the chances of finding something massive in amber are???
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What do you reckon the chances of finding something massive in amber are???
Because (as far as I am aware) the largest single lump of Amber ever discovered only weighs 50.4 kg and is from the Miocene anyway. http://www.straitstimes.com/singapor...piece-of-amber |
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Finally a plant fossil in the news. I'm loving this fossil Physalis. So much better than a dinosaur. http://phys.org/news/2017-01-south-a...ghtshades.html
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Finally a plant fossil in the news. I'm loving this fossil Physalis. So much better than a dinosaur. http://phys.org/news/2017-01-south-a...ghtshades.html
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I think bird, plant, or insect fossils add much more colour to our understanding of prehistoric times then just another set of dino fossils.....
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I think bird, plant, or insect fossils add much more colour to our understanding of prehistoric times then just another set of dino fossils.....
But most of the links I post are not about dinosaurs but other prehistoric life in all it's forms.
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