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    What is probably the world's oldest insect fossil?

    Question #101433. Asked by star_gazer. (Dec 03 08 3:26 PM)


    edmund80

    		The 300-million-year old fossilized impression of a 3-inch insect resembling a mayfly.

    "The 3-inch (7.6-centimeter) insect—which resembles a modern mayfly—likely stayed in the mud long enough to move its leg before flying off, leaving a perfect impression."
    http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/10/081017-fossil-photo.html

    "It was not just any fossil. Knecht says it is the world's oldest known full-body impression of a primitive flying insect, a 300 million-year-old specimen from the Carboniferous Period."
    http://esciencenews.com/articles/2008/10/14/researchers.uncover.worlds.oldest.fossil.impression.a.flying.insect

    Dec 03 08, 4:00 PM



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