Scans of a 99-million-year-old piece of amber have revealed the previously 'mysterious' shape of a beetle family from the Cretaceous period for the first time. Experts led from Germany revealed the body plan of the 'Mysteriomorphidae' beetles, from the time of the dinosaurs, in detailed 3D reconstructions. Scans of a 99-million-year-old piece of amber have revealed the previously 'mysterious' shape of a beetle family from the Cretaceous period for the first time. For the study, several amber samples were collected from the northern state of Kachin, in Myanmar, during a scientific trip to China. Beetle specimens from the same group as the original Mysteriomorphidae specimen— preserved in an excellent state for nearly 100 million years — were found in the amber samples.

Source: Daily Mail October 09, 2020 13:11 UTC