Monday, August 10, 2009

Gecko in Amber Jewellery: 100 Million Years Old


(Image: George Poinar / WWF Nepal)


This is
Cretacegekko burmae, an ancient gecko preserved in Cretaceous amber.

Vast numbers of plants and invertebrates are preserved in amber, but vertebrate fossils like this one are very, very rare.

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