You don’t know what you’ve got until you leave. Valviluculus pleristaminis Makes a perfect example. Scientists have recently identified this mysterious, extinct flower. It once bloomed in the Cretaceous period – the remains of a Purana-era flower, preserved in time-suspended amber from some unnamed days while dinosaurs were still roaming …
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KEY POINTS An amber recovered from Myanmar captured the moment a helmet grabbed the victim It helped researchers confirm how helmets use their mouths Why they became extinct after millions of years of success remains a mystery Investigators uncovered a 99-million-year-old amber who captured the moment a “helmet ant” grabbed …
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When you think about the color scheme that the prehistoric world of dinosaurs looks like, greens and browns usually come to mind. But more and more research has shown that millions of years ago, vibrant, vibrant colors were everywhere in nature, just as they are today. The latest evidence: 99-million-year-old …
Read More »A fly caught in amber, showing its original coloration. Image: Chenyang Cai et al., 2020 Fossils rarely retain evidence of an organism’s original color, but these 99-million-year-old amber fossils found in Myanmar reveal the vibrant hues of another world. New investigation Published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B …
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