"It's like finding a diamond": 16-million-year-old animal found encased in amber on Caribbean island

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"It's Like Finding A Diamond": 16-Million-Year-Old Animal Found Encased In Amber On Caribbean Island

By BBC Wildlife Magazine

Scientists who found an ancient insect enveloped in 16-million-year-old amber in the Dominican Republic say it is the first-ever fossil of a dirt ant (a group of ants) from the Caribbean. The long-extinct species, named Basiceros enana, measures just ...Read more

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