University of Copenhagen: Fungus Gnat Entombed in a 40-Million-Year-Old Piece of Amber is a Rare Gem
September 02, 2024
September 02, 2024
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Sept. 2 (TNSres) -- The University of Copenhagen issued the following news:
A Danish amber collector's find upon a wild North Sea shore in the 1960's has proved to be of great and surprising significance. After having thoroughly examining the roughly 40-million-year-old piece of amber, University of Copenhagen researchers have discovered it to contain the first fossil of a predatory fungus gnat belonging to a rare genus. The research contributes new knowledge ab . . .
A Danish amber collector's find upon a wild North Sea shore in the 1960's has proved to be of great and surprising significance. After having thoroughly examining the roughly 40-million-year-old piece of amber, University of Copenhagen researchers have discovered it to contain the first fossil of a predatory fungus gnat belonging to a rare genus. The research contributes new knowledge ab . . .