Superb Lower Cretaceous Beetle Fossil

Beetle Fossil

Insecta Order Coleoptera, Family Dysticidae

Geological Time: Lower Cretaceous (~125 m.y.a.)

Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch): Insect fossil is 13 mm long, Matrix: 108 mm by 110 mm

Fossil Site: Yixian Formation, Chaoyang, Beipiao, Liaoning Province of China

Fossil Code: TF321

Price: $95.00

Cretaceous Beetle FossilDescription: The Class Insecta is well represented in Liaoning and Hebei Provinces of China, with over 500 species referable to over 100 families based upon over 10,000 specimens. This fantastic diversity and exquisite detail is unprecedented throughout the world. This example is a well-preserved scarab beetle . This is a detailed specimen from the dim past of 125 million years ago belonging to the diving beetles.

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