Scientists Discover Bizarre 113-Million-Year-Old Hell Ant With Killer Scythe Jaws

Scientists Discover Bizarre 113-Million-Year-Old Hell Ant With Killer Scythe Jaws

Imaging of a 113-million-year-old ant fossil reveals complex, specialized mandibles, showing advanced predatory traits much earlier in ant evolution than expected. A 113-million-year-old hell ant that once inhabited northeastern Brazil is now recognized as the oldest ant specimen ever discovered, according to a study published in the journal Current Biology. Preserved in limestone, the ant [...]

113-Million-Year-Old Ant Fossil Is World's Oldest

The world’s oldest ant fossil preserved within a 113-million-year-old lump of limestone has been unearthed in a long-forgotten museum collection. Biologists at Sao Paulo University’s Zoology Museum have revealed what is now said to be the oldest ant known to science in a study in the journal Current Biology. The fearsome-looking ant, a member of […] The post 113-Million-Year-Old Ant Fossil Is World’s Oldest appeared first on News and Media.