Tag: dragonfly
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Fossil Friday #83: Tar Pit Fossils
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #83. Expect this to be a somewhat regular feature of the website. We will post any fossil pictures you send in to esconi.info@gmail.com. Please include a short description or story. Check the #FossilFriday Twitter hash tag for contributions from around the world! This week’s stunning contribution comes from long…
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300-million-year-old dragonfly wing among several significant pandemic fossil findsseum
CBC has a story about some fossil finds in Nova Scotia, Canada during the pandemic. Fossil trackways, ferns, plants, and other fossils were reported by citizen scientists. The most significant finds are a dragonfly wing dating to the Carboniferous about 300 million years ago and fossil tracks dating to the Permian. There is an audio…
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Paleontologists Find Fossils of Six New Dragonfly Species
Sci-News has a post about the discovery of 6 new species of fossil dragonflies. These animals lived about 50 million years ago during the Eocene epoch. The fossils were found in the Okanagan Highlands, whih is an elevated hilly plateau area in British Columbia, Canada and the state of Washington. All the details are in…
