Archive for September 3rd, 2014

Gallomesovelia grioti: Well Preserved Fossil Insect

In Bavaria, the Tithonian Konservat-Lagerstätte of lithographic limestone is well known as a result of numerous discoveries of emblematic fossils from that area (for example, Archaeopteryx). Now, for the first time, researchers have found fossil insects in the French equivalent of these outcrops — discoveries which include a new species representing the oldest known water […]