Embaneura sp.?

Hi Thomas, I missed a number of your recent additions....This association is especially fine! Regards, Chris

Great plate, love the combo of the fish and lacewing!

I love how the pigmentation on the wings is preserved!

see previous comment on dragonfly- these lycoptera associations are suspicious. The rest of your invert collection is really spectacular, I can only aspire to a small fraction of this!

2 hours ago, Biotalker said:

see previous comment on dragonfly- these lycoptera associations are suspicious. The rest of your invert collection is really spectacular, I can only aspire to a small fraction of this!

There is nothing remotely suspicious about this association. Here is another Yixian Fm example from my collection.

What is suspicious, @piranha is how perfect and flat the insects seem, in contrast to one you posted here. It appears that some unethical sellers can get a lot more money for a lycoptera with a little insect artistry. All I am saying is do a simple test: take a look at the insects under the microscope! 

Also @oilshale and @piranha

check out my recent post 

4 minutes ago, Biotalker said:

All I am saying is do a simple test: take a look at the insects under the microscope! 

It's more than a little patronizing to imply that someone of Oilshale's experience hasn't made the most elementary effort to check out the fossils he acquires.

Don

Patronizing?!- all I know about oilshale is that he has an amazing collection-that's it. Besides we all make mistakes-that's why we rely on evidence.  

I would never insult, patronize or in anyway diminish anyone, let alone on this forum. I just made an observation that seems eerily similar to what I posted in my "Fake Cretaceous...." post. A simple test would settle it and I don't mind being wrong.

Biotalker

By the way, if you compare this picture with the fake one in my post, there is good evidence that both were actually drawn by the the same artist drawing the same insect! 

I would not discount @Biotalker's observation about @oilshale's specimen.  When viewed at full size, the veination in parts of the wing traverse different elevations in the stone.  In other places, they do seem skillfully drawn.  With all respect to Thomas, a microscopic examination would be interesting to see.

On the other hand, @piranha's specimen exhibits a completely realistic level of detail.