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29 million-year-old nest of fossilised grasshopper eggs found
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon posted a topic in Fossil News
The rather amazing discovery of an underground nest of about 50 fossilised eggs of an insect in the grasshopper-lineage (orthoptera) has been discovered in Michell, Oregon, at the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. It's dated to the Oligocene-period, at 29 million years old, and is truly spectacular for its preservation. Insect eggs rarely preserve, and little information exists on the evolution of grasshopper-relatives. So finding a nest full of them is an amazing discovery! CNN-report here, original article here.
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Another unidentified insect photographed at Vienna natural history museum, and also coming from Liaoning. General appareance reminds me a lot of Novaboilus multifurcatus, but the thickness of legs and proportions looks like slightly different and I don't know if there are any similar species. Anyway it must be related and probably it's in the family Prophalangopsidae too. Any insight, please? Thanks!
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A Cautionary Tale of Snow, Mud and Bear Tracks in Colorado
Crusty_Crab posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Making the most of the last of my unplanned leave from work, I decided to make a trip to the Eocene Upper Parachute Creek Member of the Green River Formation in Colorado. Unfortunately, the road was not plowed and there was isolated patches of snow on the ground: I decided to walk the 5 miles to the site anyway through snow, slush and mud., although other parts seemed clear and pleasant Mostly, it looked like this though. I didn't count on the extra effort it takes to walk through hilly landscape with slush and mud, which made the walk seem longer than it was. The payoff for the trudge was..
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From the album: Insects
grasshopper, of the order Orthoptera, early Albian age, about 108 million years ago, from the Crato Formation, Brazil
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