Palaeontologists have found fossils of the oldest known insects and perhaps the world’s first-ever plant pollinators in Russia. The rare fossils of the earwig-like insects, known as tillyardembiids were discovered along the riverbank near the village of Chekarda in Russia. 

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Russian scientists discover world's oldest pollinators which are older than mosquitos of Jurassic Park

Researchers say these ancient insects, known as tillyardembiids, could be seen as a precursor to insect pollination.

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Scientists uncover earliest insects covered in pollen from 280 million years ago

Palaeontologists in Russia discovered fossil remains of ancient earwig-like insects, known as tillyardembiids  (Picture: PA) Scientists believe they have uncovered the earliest insects to be covered in pollen, dating back to around 280 million years ago. Palaeontologists in Russia discovered fossil remains of ancient earwig-like insects, known as tillyardembiids, in a lagoon near the village of Chekarda, about 1,600km from Moscow. These tillyard…

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Scientists uncover insects covered in pollen from 280,000,000 years ago

Scientists believe they have uncovered the earliest insects to be covered in pollen, dating back to around 280 million years ago.

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Palaeontologists have found fossils of the oldest known insects and perhaps the world’s first-ever plant pollinators in Russia. The rare fossils of the earwig-like insects, known as tillyardembiids were discovered along the riverbank near the village of Chekarda in Russia. 

At 280 million years old, the specimens predate what were previously the earliest known pollen-covered insects by about 120 million years. It is also one of the oldest ever i

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A trio of paleontologists, two with the Russian Academy of Sciences, the third with the University of Silesia in Katowice, has identified the oldest known pollen-carrying insect. The research by Alexander Khramov, Tatiana Foraponova and Piotr Węgierek has been published in Biology Letters.

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Oldest known pollen-carrying insect found in Russia

Pollen stuck to fossils of earwig-like Tillyardembia pushes back the earliest record of potential insect pollinators by about 120 million years.

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The oldest known pollen-carrying insects lived about 280 million years ago

Remains of earwig-like insects discovered near village of Chekarda, Russia, covered in pollen

Russian scientists discover world's oldest pollinators which are older than mosquitos of Jurassic Park

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