Researchers Discover New Nymph Fossil with 298 Million Years in Pejão
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Fossil of an insect nymph similar to a dragonfly was discovered in the Paraduce mine in Aveiro district. "Abdomen voluminous and large posterior legs" suggest "aquatic way of life".
A fossil specimen dating back about 298 million years ago was identified in Pejão, in the district of Aveiro, in northern Portugal, by an international group that includes scholars of the Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP, the faculty of sciences of the public university of Porto). The announcement, disseminated on Wednesday (14), concerns the form [...] The article Sara Silva and Helena Couto reveal a species unpublished in P…
The discovery was made in shistles of the Superior Carboniferous on an open-air coal exploration in the Paraduça mine in Pejão, Aveiro district.
The fossil, found in an old coal mine in Pejão, has similarities with the current dragonflies, but the researchers have not yet been able to identify the species. An international team, which includes researchers from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, has just published the discovery of a new enigmatic insect nymph (youth) with about 298 million years discovered in North Portugal. The fossil was found by Sara Silva, PhD in Geos…
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Researchers at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto discovered fossil of a new insect nymph, similar to a dragonfly, at 298 million years old, in Pejão, Aveiro.
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