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Hunted with bizarre, deadly mandibles

Investigators discover an employee of hell ant Ceratomyrmex ellenbergeri who grabs a nymph of Caputoraptor elegans (Alienoptera) preserved in amber dated to ~ 99 Ma. Credit: NJIT, Chinese Academy of Sciences and University of Rennes, France In a 99-million-year-old preserved amber fossil, researchers get a detailed look at how ‘Hell …

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