How researchers discovered Canada’s 1st dinosaur-era dragonfly fossil

How researchers discovered Canada’s 1st dinosaur-era dragonfly fossil

A McGill University undergraduate uncovered the fossil in 2023 during a digging expedition in Alberta’s Dinosaur Provincial Park. The finding sheds light on a 30-million-year gap in the evolution of dragonflies.

Ancient Training Species Discovered: A 75 Million-Year-Old Find

The newly identified dragonfly species, Corduladensa asorni, found in Alberta’s Dinosaur Regional Park, represents Canada’s sole Mesozoic dragonfly, bridging a significant 30 million-year gap in the evolutionary lineage of dragonflies. Corduladensa asorni. Image credit: Alex Anderson. The fossilized wings of Corduladensa asorni were uncovered in 2023 by undergraduate students at McGill University during a vertebrate [...] The post Ancient Traini…

75-Million-Year-Old Dragonfly Species Found

Named Cordualadensa acorni, the new dragonfly species from Alberta’s Dinosaur Provincial Park represents the only Mesozoic dragonfly for Canada and fills a major 30-million-year gap in the evolutionary history of dragonflies. The post 75-Million-Year-Old Dragonfly Species Found appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

McGill University - McGill team discovers Canada's first dinosaur-era dragonfly fossil

In a first for Canadian paleontology, a Cretaceous fossilized dragonfly wing, uncovered in Alberta's Dinosaur Provincial Park, has been identified as a new species. It's also the first. . .

75-million-year-old dragonfly fossil fills evolutionary gap in Canada

For the first time, paleontologists have uncovered a dragonfly fossil from Canada’s dinosaur age, and it’s helping to close a major gap in the evolutionary story of these ancient insects. The discovery was made in 2023 at Alberta’s famous Dinosaur Provincial Park, a site best known for its incredible collection of dinosaur bones. While scientists […] The post 75-million-year-old dragonfly fossil fills evolutionary gap in Canada appeared first on…