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Oldest Occurrence of Arthropods (Fly, Mite) Preserved in Amber

An international team of scientists has discovered the oldest record of arthropods — invertebrate animals that include insects, arachnids, and crustaceans — preserved in amber. The specimens, one fly and two mites found in millimeter-scale droplets of amber from northeastern Italy, are about 100 million years older than any other amber arthropod ever collected. The […]