Fossil in amber baltic

[Godofgods]

Hi everyone, what animal is it? It looks like a gecko, 2mm long.

 

this is the best picture

 

 

 

[FossilDAWG]

It's hard to imagine a 2 mm long gecko.  It's impossible to be sure from that photo, but I suspect the inclusion is some sort of plant material with a superficial resemblance to a foot with 4 (not 5) toes.

 

Don

[Tidgy's Dad]

No living gecko is that small. 

And the smallest reptile baby is a type of leaf chameleon, still bigger than 2 mm. 

They probably can't get much, if any smaller. 

I think it's a very convincingly shaped piece of vegetable matter as well. 

(from The San Diego Union-Tribune) 

[LordTrilobite]

Too blurry to tell. It could just as easy be a wonky insect.

[Auspex]

Not much definition or contrast to it; might not even be organic, from what I can see.

[Godofgods]

ok thank you

[RyanDye]

Interesting... If it weren't 2mm long it could of fooled me. 

[GeschWhat]

On 2/28/2018 at 3:17 PM, Tidgy's Dad said:

 

No living gecko is that small. 

And the smallest reptile baby is a type of leaf chameleon, still bigger than 2 mm. 

 

Thanks, Adam - you made my day. They don't get more adorable than that! I agree it is likely vegetable rather than animal.

[Tidgy's Dad]

4 hours ago, GeschWhat said:

Thanks, Adam - you made my day. They don't get more adorable than that! I agree it is likely vegetable rather than animal.

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