Researchers Discover Oldest Fossil Impression of a Flying Insect
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 - 08:35
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Tufts University student and a faculty lecturer uncover what they believe is the world's oldest known full-body impression of a primitive flying insect, a 300 million-year-old specimen from the Carboniferous Period. Surprise discovery made in a most unlikely place - behind a suburban strip mall.
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