Fossil Insects: Cockroach
Order: Blatteria
Geological Time: Lower Cretaceous (~128 m.y.a.)
Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch): 8 mm long with 5 mm wings;Matrix: 77 mm by 50 mm
Fossil Site: Santana Formation, Ceara, Brazil
Fossil Code: I026
Price: $50.00 - sold
 Description:
This fine example shows a cockroach with its wings extended, frozen
in its last flight for the past 125 million years. The deposits from
which it comes are home to many exquisitely-preserved specimens, some
exceptionally 3-D in nature. Such delicate items as the paper-thin
wing bones of Pterosaurs have been found, testimony to the type of
preservation that can be seen. This preservation is evident here as
well, in the cerci extending from the rear of the abdomen and the
delicate venation of the wings. Little material from this treasure
trove ever becomes available. |
