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LIVING FOSSILS

A portion of this 50-million-year-old
fossil freshwater bass exhibits fine
preservation. Today, similar species to
this live in fresh waters in the northern
hemisphere and in Asia, Europe and
New Zealand, identical to their 50-mil-
lion-year-old counterparts.

A 125-Million-Year-Old Katydid:
The details of this very large speci-
men have been very well preserved,
including a color scale dating back
125 million years. As can be seen
from the 27-millimeter ovipositor it
used to bury its eggs in the soil, this
is a female that shares exactly the
same anatomical features as today’s
katydids.

A 125-Million-Year-Old Scorpion Fly:
This 125-million-year-old fossil is from
Hebei, China. This one is a female
with incredible detail preserved in the
wings, which includes preserved col-
or bands. There are a large number of
these scorpion flies living today.

A 280-million-year-old fossil
frog

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