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Is this really a mosquito, does anyone know it's taxonomy and does someone know the same for the spider ? This one looks like a genuine amber
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Hi, I bought this fossil labeled as: Carpopodus difficilis (Lalacidae) Lower Cretaceous 120Ma Cearà, Brasil I cannot find pictures nor description of Carpopodus difficilis, can someone ID this fossil or give me some material to work on to ID it? I also have a doubt... is this fossil real? (if this is not the right section of the forum just tell me) Thank you.
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Hi again everyone! I have a small fossil from a unit of lacustrine laminated silt from here in Saskatoon from the very late Pleistocene or early Holocene. The unit directly overlays a unit of till from the Wisconsinan glaciation. The unit contains carbonized plants stems, some of which are filled with wood boring beetle larva frass, diatoms, and burrows similar to Cruziana. In one of these hollowed-out burrows, I found this fossil, which is approximately 0.5 mm in length. It is composed of many extremely small carbonized plant fragments, all arranged horizontally from longest to shortest. I have no suggestions to explain how such an arrangement could occur through abiotic means, and the fossil bears a striking resemblance to caddisfly larva cases, many of which are composed of plant fragment arranged horizontally. I have attached some photos taken through a microscope lens on an iPhone. In hopes of accounting for the rough image quality, I have included numerous angles and degrees of brightness to help illuminate the arrangement of plant fragments. Any help confirming the caddisfly diagnosis or directing me from my incorrect guess to a correct one would be greatly appreciated!
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From the album: My collection in progress
Machilidae unidentified sp. Grassi 1888 Location: Rivne Oblast, Ukraine Age: 56-34 Mya (Eocene, Paleogene) Measurements: 2,8x2,5 cm (amber), 1,7 cm (length of bristletail) Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Class: Insecta Subclass: Monocondylia Order: Archaeognatha Suborder: Machilida Family: Machilidae -
The last (for now) addition to my fossil collection consists of three amber pieces from Baltic and East Europe. They're dated to Eocene.
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Wingtip to wingtip = 53 mm
