Eldorado Posted September 16, 2020 #1 Share Posted September 16, 2020 Scientists have discovered what they believe to be the oldest fossilised animal sperm from around 100 million years ago. The “spectacular find” was unearthed by an international team of palaeontologists preserved inside a female ostracod – a type of tiny crustacean that resembles a mussel. Researchers believe the female mated shortly before becoming trapped in the resin. Full story at ITV news UK: Link 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted September 16, 2020 Author #2 Share Posted September 16, 2020 24 minutes ago, seanjo said: Am I the only one that had an image of some ape like creature rubbing up against a tree reading the headline? A tree named Amber! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumball Posted September 17, 2020 #3 Share Posted September 17, 2020 6 hours ago, seanjo said: Am I the only one that had an image of some ape like creature rubbing up against a tree reading the headline? I was trying to work out how T Rexs did it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susanc241 Posted September 17, 2020 #4 Share Posted September 17, 2020 At first I wondered how a marine creature could possibly be caught up in sap from a tree...but apparently there are some land based crustaceans now so maybe there were back then. What do I know? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jim Posted September 17, 2020 #5 Share Posted September 17, 2020 I admit, I was wondering how the tree got involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted September 17, 2020 #6 Share Posted September 17, 2020 6 minutes ago, Big Jim said: I admit, I was wondering how the tree got involved. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnoferox Posted September 17, 2020 #7 Share Posted September 17, 2020 10 hours ago, Susanc241 said: At first I wondered how a marine creature could possibly be caught up in sap from a tree...but apparently there are some land based crustaceans now so maybe there were back then. What do I know? The inclusion of marine invertebrates like these ostracods in the Burmese amber suggests that the forests were close to the coastline and may have experienced periodic flooding. There was even an ammonite found in another piece of Burmese amber. https://sci-hub.tw/https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspb.2020.1661 https://www.pnas.org/content/116/23/11345 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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