Archive for February 4th, 2016

Oregramma illecebrosa: Discovery of ‘Jurassic butterflies’

IU paleobotanist David Dilcher is a co-author on a study out today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society: B that identifies a Jurassic age insect whose behavior and appearance closely mimic a butterfly — but whose emergence on Earth predates the butterfly by about 40 million years. Dilcher — who made international headlines last year for […]