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Oldest-known ant preserved in Brazil fossil

Publicado em 25 de abril de 2025
Scientists have identified the fossilized remains of the oldest-known ant, a winged insect with fearsome scythe-like jaws that lived 113 million years ago during the age of dinosaurs and was preserved in limestone unearthed in northeastern Brazil. The species, called Vulcanidris cratensis, is part of a lineage called hell ants, named for their demonic-looking jaws, that prospered in a wide geographical range during the Cretaceous Period but have no descendants alive today. A previously [...]