The International Paleontologists Group discovered the well -preserved fossil of Eoplatora Mesalesis Cicada, who was estimated to be 47 million years old in Germany. The study was published scientifically magazine Scientific reports (sciep).
In a career, the fossil dug Messell under the city of Darmstadt.
The fossil insect is almost perfectly preserved – the length of the body is 26.5 mm and the wing opening reaches 68.2 mm. It is a characteristic model on the wings, similar to the scratch of the Modern August species of the Platypleurini group.
According to researchers, such a color can perform a camouflage function in subtropical forests covering this region during an Eocene period.
Today, only 44 fossil cicad findings of the Cenozoic period are known. From Messel, the new Cycada is considered the oldest representative of the modern Real Cicadas in Eurasia.
Discovery will allow scientists to better understand the formation of biological diversity of insects and the evolution of ecosystems in the distant past.
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Source: Gazeta
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