Mysterious fossils provide new clues to insect evolution
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - 12:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
This is a Coxoplectopteralarva. German scientists at the Stuttgart Natural History Museum were leading in the discovery of a new insect order from the Lower Cretaceous of South America. The spectacular fossils were named Coxoplectoptera by their discoverers and their findings were published in a special issue on Cretaceous Insects in the scientific journal Insect Systematics & Evolution.
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