Doctor Mud Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 https://www.livescience.com/60013-cretaceous-mantis-fossil.html Scientists described an exceptionally well-preserved praying mantis fossil embedded in a rock slab excavated from a site in northeastern Brazil, dating the mantis to about 110 million years ago and identifying it as Santanmantis axelrodi, according to a new study. Here is a link to the open access paper: https://peerj.com/articles/3605/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Thats awesome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 it is will post more,of course. If i post now,the posts get conflated,with the statistically /methodologically unsound/undesired result that ,if you press "informative",it is unclear exactly which PDF you find informative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Mud Posted August 5, 2017 Author Share Posted August 5, 2017 26 minutes ago, doushantuo said: it is will post more,of course. If i post now,the posts get conflated,with the statistically /methodologically unsound/undesired result that ,if you press "informative",it is unclear exactly which PDF you find informative Thanks doushantuo, that looks to be an earlier paper (2013) by the same lead author as the more recent paper (2017) which is based on (you guessed it!) an exceptionally preserved 110 million years old praying mantis (which) provides new insights into the predatory behaviour of early mantodeans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 What an amazing coincidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Haven't checked Fruitbat's yet,it is probably in there as well N3412grima_(1).pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Mud Posted August 5, 2017 Author Share Posted August 5, 2017 5 minutes ago, doushantuo said: Haven't checked Fruitbat's yet,it is probably in there as well N3412grima_(1).pdf Fig. 2a in this paper: Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 I like the old-fashioned pointillistic imagery of fig 3 . slightly germane: GRAlienoptera.pdf "alienoptera","twilight zone",you'd think it's on purpose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Posting this just because i think coloured wing venation diagrams should be more in use and this one shows why:Clarity GeolCarpat Lower Cretaceousbasal mantodean (Insecta)lagerst Crato Formation (NE Brazil).pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Neato bugs! RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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