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oilshale

Insect non det.

(Mecoptera or Scorpionfly?)

Middle Jurassic

Daohugou

Nei Mongol

China

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Very nice bug. 

Do you happen to know what the subcircular round bits dotted around the matrix are, please?

Seeds of something? 

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Paleorunner

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9 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Very nice bug. 

Do you happen to know what the subcircular round bits dotted around the matrix are, please?

Seeds of something? 

Hi there.
I have no information about your question, but thinking with some logic, and assuming that these insects were trapped in a pond when it was drying, I think they are some kind of aquatic plant, like duckweed.:zzzzscratchchin:

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Tidgy's Dad

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Lots of plants are found in these deposits where they fell into the water. I just wondered if olishale might know this common type to save me doing my research. :D

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I have multiple bugs from the same place, and almost all arrays have the same inclusions.
If you discover what they are, pass me information please.:Wink1:

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2 hours ago, Paleorunner said:


I have multiple bugs from the same place, and almost all arrays have the same inclusions.
If you discover what they are, pass me information please.:Wink1:

These are conchostraca - clam shrimps.

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Paleorunner

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UAAUUU .. Thank you very much. :thumbsu:
My thinking with duckweed was totally wrong.

 

@Tidgy's Dad

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Ah, thanks, that makes sense.

Though Conchostraca doesn't exist anymore, it's been split into three. 

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