Palaeontology
World's 'oldest' spider web found
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T.K. RandallMarch 6, 2009 ·
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The world's oldest spider web has been discovered encased in amber, fossil hunters Jamie Hiscocks and his brother Jonathan made the discovery on a beach in East Sussex. The web is thought to be 140 million years old, an Iguanodon jaw bone was also discovered at the location.
Two brothers have discovered what is thought to be the world's oldest recorded spider's web encased in amber on an East Sussex beach. The amber, which was found in Bexhill, was formed about 140 million years ago in the Cretaceous period. Amateur fossil hunter Jamie Hiscocks and his brother Jonathan also found the fossilised remains of an Iguanodon jaw bone on the coastline. The spider web thread is now being studied at Oxford University. "
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