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Got a cool one for you guys: a decent sized scorpion in amber from Burma. Probably about 100 million years old. The most interesting part to me is the tail sort of curves down 90 degrees perpendicular to the body (you can see it in the last pic side view) and that kind of 3D preservation is rare in amber. Usually everything flattens out on a plane so this is neat. I'm excited! The scorpion is about 1.5cm, and 2cm if you include the pincers. Whole piece is 4cm long heightwise.
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Insect head in burmese amber Hello all, I found an interesting piece of amber from Myanmar with a large insect head in it, the head is about 5 mm in size. It shows three teeth like serrations, I suspect it to be a wasp. Its a bit degraded but still interesting to me. Anyone have some ideas what it could be?
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[Baltic Amber Inclusion] Diptera In Copula, Mating Biting Midges Ceratopogonidae.
vermiculosis posted a topic in Micro-paleontology
Hello ! About 5 years ago I showed one specimen with an example of Diptera In Copula ( Mating "Flies" ) and today I have another to show, one of the better examples of copulation I have had in my "amber life". Beautiful Biting Midges - Ceratopogonidae in the last love dance of their lives. Baltic Amber from Poland. 35-54 million years old. Eocene. Enjoy your viewing ! Cheers from amber cave ! High quality picture --- > https://ibb.co/xCtF1K4 -
From the album: Fossil Amber and Copal: Worldwide Localities
8.0g prepared rough specimen displaying a partially polished face, measuring (mm) 50x22x14; this piece is a transverse section, and displays numerous layers or flow lines with sequences of micro bubbles as well as sediments. This material was recovered from the Malvern Clay Pits, east of Malvern, Arkansas. FTIR spectrum comparison of Claiborne amber to modern Shorea sp. resin points to the Dipterocarpaceae as a probable source for this middle Eocene-aged amber.© Kaegen Lau
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From the album: Hell Creek Formation Microsite
A fragmented piece of fiery orange amber. Most amber from the HCF is quite small, this one was only a few mm in diameter-
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Not sure what this is but wondering if anybody knows what this could be? Found it laying around a dirty fields in Washington state. Thanks.
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I have been stumped by a "rock" I found in my garden over 25 years ago. I have had a continuous need to know what it is purely for my own curiosity. It has "something" inside of it and during the years I've had suggestions of lizard eggs, man made object, etc. Ive obviously spent endless hours looking at it, and I think I've seen some kind of feathers entwined around the small round egg like masses encapsulated within the dark almost black in some light yet like sunrise in another. Its too large to float test fairly heavy makes me doubt amber but given the detail inside hard to think of alternatives.
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I brought a small lot of amber; they are from the hell creek formation, wibaux county Montana. I was wonder how I should store them. They are extremely fragile, and I’m not sure if I should use superglue or something on them. Let me know if there is anything else I should know about storing them and thanks alot!
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I was hoping to get a piece of amber with insect inside and was wondering if there was any good way to know if its real from photos? Or anything to have a better chance of it being real? I've heard when you have the piece can test like (salt water/uv light) but would be nice to not end up with fakes.
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It’s inside a piece of amber from 44 million years ago during the Eocene. It was found in the Kaliningrad mine in Yantarny, Kaliningrad Oblast Russia
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Hello everyone, and I hope you're all well. I recently ordered a Baltic amber specimen from a reputable dealer. The seller sent me this HD photograph of the inclusions, which are fungus gnats or Mycetophilidae. The largest gnat is about 6 mm long. The amber is Eocene in age, and was collected in Kaliningrad, Russia. Does anyone know the genus or species? Thanks for the help!
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I found what looks to be two reptiles fighting .one is green and skiny like a caterpillar with arm and a see through head. The other has claws like a crab its green with spikes all over its body
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Strange creatures found in a big piece of amber in Oklahoma
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Strange creatures found in a big piece of amber in Oklahoma
johnbullock replied to johnbullock's topic in Fossil ID
I found a piece of Amber on a dirt road and Oklahoma and when I finally polished it down some to see what was inside of it I was able to make out a green claw with a lot of spikes on it and then the other body is Slender with a big head he see through -
Earliest-known fossil mosquito suggests males were bloodsuckers too
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Earliest-known fossil mosquito suggests males were bloodsuckers too ScienceDaily, December 4, 2023 The open access paper is: Dany Azar, André Nel, Diying Huang, Michael S. Engel. The earliest fossil mosquito. Current Biology, 2023; 33 (23): 5240 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.10.047 Other papers: Maksoud, S., Azar, D., Granier, B. and Gèze, R., 2017. New data on the age of the Lower Cretaceous amber outcrops of Lebanon. Palaeoworld, 26(2), pp.331-338. Veltz, I., Paicheler, J.C., Maksoud, S., Gèze, R. and Azar, D., 2013. Context and genesis of the Lebanese amberiferous palaeoenvironments at the Jurassic- Cretaceous transition. Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews, 6(1-2), pp.11-26. More Lebnon amber papers. Yours, Paul H. -
Might anyone know of a published record of an animal in amber with its associated coprolites? I am not interested in examples where the association is in question. Thanks!
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First biological inclusions in Upper Cretaceous Texas amber, USA
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Cifuentes-Ruiz, P., 2023. First biological inclusion in Upper Cretaceous Texas amber, USA. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana, 75(3), no.A091023. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana Yours, Paul H.-
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From the album: Hell Creek / Lance Formations
A small droplet of amber found within an organic-rich layer in laminated siltstone.-
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I was wondering if there are any potential amber-bearing exposures of the Raritan Formation. I understand the Sayreville clay pit site has been sold and is currently under development, and as far as I could find that was the only major location. Would there happen to be any remaining deposits between New York and southern Maryland? Most records seem to originate in the early 1800s-1900s.
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I have a few pieces of Burmese Amber such as this one. The surface is not as translucent as others. It looks like it could do with a further polish. How do I go about doing that?
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[Baltic Amber Inclusion] Extremely Rare Stalk-Eyed Fly - Diopsidae.
vermiculosis posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
Hello Fossil Maniacs ! Long time i didn't shared nothing from my amber cave, so this time i'd like to show something special. I am lucky that i had this alien-fly 3 times in my life. They are extremely rare for Baltic ambers. Diopsidae. Stalk-Eyed Fly. Body with head ~ 4mm. Baltic amber from Poland. I found it in raw amber material, pretty amazing feeling to see something like this as first person after that +- 50 million years Cheers from the cave of amber. Artur