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Discovery in 100-million-year-old amber reveals sexual intercourse of ostracods

Ostracodes studied Myanmar amber. Credit: Nigpas The small bivalved crustacean ostracodes are the most abundant fossilized arthropods after the Ordovician and play an important role in paleoenvironmental reconstruction and evolutionary biology. Most of the fossilized ostracods are represented by calcified shells, and their soft parts, which can provide invaluable information …

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