Cretaceous-Period Lacewing Larvae Had Sophisticated Eyes

Cretaceous-Period Lacewing Larvae Had Sophisticated Eyes

Paleontologists have actually discovered 3 lacewing larvae with big forward-directed stemmata (eyes in holometabolans) in 100-million-year-old Kachin amber from Myanmar. These specimens show the convergent development of extremely established easy…

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Cretaceous-Period Toothed Bird Ate Gymnosperm Fruits, Not Fish

Cretaceous-Period Toothed Bird Ate Gymnosperm Fruits, Not Fish

Paleontologists have actually discovered the fossilized seeds of gymnosperm trees– family members these days’s conifers and ginkgos– in stomachs of 2 specimens of Longipteryx chaoyangensisamong the earliest recognized birds and…

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