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I just bought this insect. What kind of insect? Location:Liaoning .China
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Hi all, I noticed this weird little object on a rock in my collection from the famous Talbragar Fish Beds (late Jurassic of Australia) and I was wondering whether it might be a feathery insect antenna or just a small bit of plant. Both plants (conifers and ferns mostly) and rare insects are known from the site. It measures only 5 mm long and I have done a quick drawing of it to show the form easier. Note the double branching tips on the lower filaments. Cheers!
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Hi all, Here is a beautiful insect that I received from @Darko in a trade. It's from the marl stone mine of Popovac, in Serbia. It's Miocene in age (14 mya). Can anyone tell me more on this insect, as in what genus/species it is? Thanks in advance! Max
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This insect is 3.5 mm long. I am posting several views of the same specimen I can find the right way to get a picture of it.
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Hello, This is my first post of this forum and I would like to show you some of my unidentified macro plant spores and vertebrate remains found in residue from fallen bits of plant debris bed picked up at Yaverland IOW, photos were taken under AmScope USB microscope, hope you like them. Still to experiment with the Toupview stacking software, watch this space. The Albaneretontid jaw holds nine teeth, this is the one I hope to get my stacking software working on. I have thrown in a close up of a termite coprolite apparently they have not changed in shape (hexagonal) for 75 million years. These are so abundant in the plant debris bed residue you end up ignoring them after a while. The rest I have not identified yet and are actually mega spores I believe. Also I found a tiny insect wing on the surface of some Bembridge limestone and a section of reed from a different piece. This is why the Isle of Wight is such a special place for me.
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Hello, a friend of mine gave me this fossil of baltic amber from an antiquity of 40 million years. It has an insect. I would like to know what kind of insect it is.\
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Newby at fossil forum.(or any other forum).Have been collecting fossils and minerals for years.Amateur/recreational,not too techy.but learning.Recently,Aug 2017 i was surface collecting wood and amber in the Green River Formation Area in Wyoming.USA.Examined a 4 inch x 3 inch piece of palm wood.(pictured).Found a visibly clear what appears to be a Damselfly,it has a reddish color tail and a black body,can also see a white colored tube on it.(feeding?).Also another insect in the piece is reddish colored which i cannot identify.And also another inclusion in the resin also pictured with the squiggly stuff on the bottom.I do not know what that is either.The photos are not the best.As I can see real detail in the insects with the naked eye as I look into this palmwood resin.My questions also are:Is ths 20-50 MYO Cretaceous? Where can i find more info on Green River Insects? Has anyone seen anything like this?
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Is this a bee, ant, or something else? Was found in Florrissant Fossil Quarry back in 2011 by my oldest grandchild. I added this to my small collection for safe keeping. If you could ID it, I would be most appreciative and my grandchild would be excited. Thanks. Forgot to input found in Colorado. Thanks.
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Hi. I found this in South Yorkshire, UK in the Pennine Middle Coal Measures formation (upper Carboniferous.) Is it part of an insect wing or just a plant? I think it may be the negative half of the fossil though I'm not sure. Thanks, Daniel
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Is this a shrimp in burmite amber or insect larvae ?
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What is this one? That is a nickel next to it in the one pic to give you an idea on size.
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Here's one I ran across the other day, Simply put, this is one of the most aesthetically attractive fossil insects preserved on shale I have ever seen. A practically perfect specimen in superb condition. And excellently photographed by a museum technician. It's from what they're calling the Miocene Savage Canyon Formation, Nevada. Some quick research disclosed that, unfortunately, it's from a locality that is no longer accessible to the general public. Somebody more experienced with matters entomological will perhaps recognize just what exactly the bug is: R E L A X, folks--I fully understand that technically speaking it's not a true bug, of course. Looks dipteran, obviously. The photograph is from a web page over at http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?enlarge=0000+0000+1215+1242 .
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From the album: Invertebrates
Cicadomorpha non det. Anthoscytina sp? Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation Chifeng Province Nei Mongol PR China -
From the album: Invertebrates
Insect non det. Mecoptera? Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation Chifeng Province Nei Mongol PR China -
From the album: Invertebrates
Insect non det. Middle Jurassic Daohugou Nei Mongol China -
Hello, New to this forum. I recently have developed an interest in fossil inclusions in amber. After buying a number of prepared pieces, I decided I would like to try my hand at polishing some of my own. I found myself the owner of several hundred pieces of Dominican amber with inclusions. I have been doing a wet sand, and feel like I am close, but the pieces just don't seem to be getting a nice clear transparent finish. Any tips for finishing? I attached a few photos, the piece with the winged ants is from my collection and was polished by someone else, just for contrast with the one I was working on. I have a few pieces that look like they may have rarer inclusions (one looks like an earwig), so I am hoping to perfect the technique on a few more common pieces before I try my better ones. Thank you! Nathan
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From the album: Invertebrates
Insect non det. Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation Chifeng Province Nei Mongol PR China -
From the album: Invertebrates
Insect non det. Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation Chifeng Province Nei Mongol PR China -
Hi all! I am looking for fossil insects for trade. Any location is fine, and basically any insect is fine! I would prefer whole or nearly whole specimens though. If you have any for trade (except for Ephemeroptera or insects in amber; those are the only two I already have.), please PM me! Europe shipping preferred, but worldwide is fine too. In return, I have many different things (sharkteeth, ray teeth, fish teeth, bivalves, coral, etc.), so in your PM just say what you are looking for in return. Best regards and happy hunting! Max
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I found these in some rocks I was splitting open. They're from the Mississippian aged Pocono Group. They're definitely insect wings, but are they modern ones or fossil ones? I'm too afraid to try and see if I can scratch them off, because what if they are intricately preserved fossils? I found them on the inside part of the rock, but I was splitting the shale outside so could they have gotten on the rock that way, or are they really fossils? The shale piece this came from was from the same layer I found the trigonotarbid in.
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New Order of Insect Found in Cretaceous Amber, Myanmar
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
'Alien' insect in amber prompts scientists to add whole new branch to family tree. This bizarre bug is so unusual, entomologists say it belongs in its own, entirely new, order of insects. Christian Science Monitor, Jan. 27, 2017 http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2017/0127/Alien-insect-in-amber-prompts-scientists-to-add-whole-new-branch-to-family-tree Ancient, scary and alien-looking specimen forms a rarity in the insect world – a new order. Oregon State University http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2017/jan/ancient-scary-and-alien-looking-specimen-forms-rarity-insect-world-–-new-order https://www.flickr.com/photos/oregonstateuniversity/32520806205/ The paper is: Poinar, G. and Brown, A.E., 2016. An exotic insect Aethiocarenus burmanicus gen. et sp. nov.(Aethiocarenodea ord. nov., Aethiocarenidae fam. nov.) from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber. Cretaceous Research. Volume 72, April 2017, Pages 100–104 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667116302506 Yours, Paul H. -
Need help identifying this fossil. Green River formation. Parachute Creek member. Douglas Pass, Colorado. Radar Dome location. The specimen is 5/8" across. This is the best I can do for a photograph until I can get a macro lens. (or learn how to take better photos) I have tried many different settings and lighting, but I can't seem to get a better photo. Thank you for your help.
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From the album: Green River Formation. Parachute Creek Member. Douglas Pass, Colorado
Unidentified insect from the Green River Formation. Parachute Creek Member. Douglas Pass, Colorado. Radar Dome location. 5/8" across.-
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