Saturday, February 5, 2011

Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - Thrips (Thysanoptera) - less than 1 mm.

Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - Thrips (Thysanoptera) - less than 1 mm.
© Anders Leth Damgaard - www.amber-inclusions.dk

This one is iconic but is unfortunately not perfect - but I will soon upload some pictures of the more perfect

This insect lived approx. 29 million years before Tyrannosaurus rex and approx. 93 million years before the first humans.

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