Tuesday, October 16, 2012

100 million year old spider

Photo: #Insect: #paleontology #Myanmar #novataxa 2012 100-Million-Year-Old Spider Attack Preserved in Amber Discovered http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2012/10/2012-Geratonephila-et-Cascoscelio.html Predatory behaviour of the social orb-weaver spider, Geratonephila burmanica n. gen., n. sp. (Araneae: Nephilidae) with its wasp prey, Cascoscelio incassus n. gen., n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) in Early Cretaceous Burmese amber. 2012. Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2011.640399 Sources: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121008134523.htm http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/article00641.html http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/10/fossil-spider-attack/ Image credit: Oregon State University

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