a new species of insect unknown to science!
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113 million year old fossilized ant was found
it was new to science
https://1tv.ge/news/aghmochenilia-113-milioni-wlis-winandeli-jojokhetis-chianchvelas-namarkhi-1tvmecniereba/
K'irkvashi ganmarkhebuli tsitskna mts'eri ch'ianch'velas chventvis tsnobili udzvelesi nimushia.
Recently found mummified body preserved in limestone, the insect is the most ancient example of an ant we know of. It was bigger than modern ants, 4 centimeters (almost 2 inches) in length. It was dated to be 113 million years old.
Moreover, ant is a member of an extinct sub -family, Heidomyrmecinae; They are also called "ants of hell" and
>had a vertical, tentacle -like tentacles used to catch the victim, instead of using the mandibles.
No other ant has tentacles. Maybe it is a feature lost to first ant species that roamed Earth.
The newly discovered pattern belongs to the new species and is called Vulcanidris Crateriensis. The ant from a volcano.
"Our group has discovered a new fossil species, which is an ancient, undeniable geological record of ants. This discovery is particularly interesting in that it belongs to the extinct" Ants of Hell ", known for strange predatory adaptations. There are a few other ants found in the past that belonged to the same family of ants, the "youngest" of them being a 80 million year old fossil.
These ants may have went extinct together with dinosaurs, at least we have no evidence of the ants living past the age of dinosaurs.
All modern ants descend "only" a 33 million year old progenitor species that spread all over the world and turned into modern species of ants. This is the reason all ants are colonial ants.
The ancient dinosaur age ants may have very well been solitary ants instead of forming colonies.
it was new to science
https://1tv.ge/news/aghmochenilia-113-milioni-wlis-winandeli-jojokhetis-chianchvelas-namarkhi-1tvmecniereba/
K'irkvashi ganmarkhebuli tsitskna mts'eri ch'ianch'velas chventvis tsnobili udzvelesi nimushia.
Recently found mummified body preserved in limestone, the insect is the most ancient example of an ant we know of. It was bigger than modern ants, 4 centimeters (almost 2 inches) in length. It was dated to be 113 million years old.
Moreover, ant is a member of an extinct sub -family, Heidomyrmecinae; They are also called "ants of hell" and
>had a vertical, tentacle -like tentacles used to catch the victim, instead of using the mandibles.
No other ant has tentacles. Maybe it is a feature lost to first ant species that roamed Earth.
The newly discovered pattern belongs to the new species and is called Vulcanidris Crateriensis. The ant from a volcano.
"Our group has discovered a new fossil species, which is an ancient, undeniable geological record of ants. This discovery is particularly interesting in that it belongs to the extinct" Ants of Hell ", known for strange predatory adaptations. There are a few other ants found in the past that belonged to the same family of ants, the "youngest" of them being a 80 million year old fossil.
These ants may have went extinct together with dinosaurs, at least we have no evidence of the ants living past the age of dinosaurs.
All modern ants descend "only" a 33 million year old progenitor species that spread all over the world and turned into modern species of ants. This is the reason all ants are colonial ants.
The ancient dinosaur age ants may have very well been solitary ants instead of forming colonies.
