Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - rare ant (Formicidae, ...?), originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.
Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - ant (Formicidae, ...?) - about 1 mm
© Anders Leth Damgaard - www.amber-inclusions.dk
It is unfortunately located in a way that makes it hard to get the perfect shot but it is perfectly preserved.
The oldest ant fossils there have been found on our planet comes from New Jersey and Burmese amber. So that ant, on my picture, you see in this photograph is about 29 million years older than Tyrannosaurus rex and one of the first ants, ever excited, on our planet.
This is the first time that this ant have been photographed and published - therefore I do not know the family yet. Can you help me with an ID?
I have a picture of the amber piece which this inclusion is in: www.flickr.com/photos/amber-inclusions/5286435244/
and 2 more close-ups:
www.flickr.com/photos/amber-inclusions/5290163024/
www.flickr.com/photos/amber-inclusions/5289557257/
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