Oldest Fossilised Winged Insect Yet Discovered

Posted by Hemos on Monday February 16, 2004 @05:46AM from the from-the-wayback-machine dept.

tr0llb4rt0 writes "The Scientific American reports on an article in Nature (paid subscription required for full text) on how the fossilised mouth parts of an insect discovered in Scotland in 1928 has turned out to be the oldest winged insect yet discovered, pushing back the age of the earliest appearance of winged insects nearly 80 million years. Previos fossils of winged insects have dated to around 330 million years and scientist believe this new discovery lived between 408 and 438 million years ago. "

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Oldest Fossilised Winged Insect Yet Discovered

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