Tag: Eocene

45-million-year-old Flat Bug Found in Baltic Amber

Scientists recently found a piece of Eocene Baltic amber that is about 45 million years old which contains a previously undiscovered, well-preserved, extinct flat bug. A description of the new […]

Entomology Today June 4, 2014 Leave a Comment

New Species of Big-headed Flies Discovered in Eocene Epoch Fossil Beds

Scientists recently discovered three new, extinct fossil species of big-headed flies. The fossils show their early evolution parallels an ecological revolution, one that formed the character of our modern natural […]