In Depth Idmonarachne is one of the oldest ‘spiders’ that we know about, living on our planet some three hundred million years ago. Idmonarachne is not technically a true spider, hence the genus is not currently included with the Araneae order of arachnids. Idmonarachne however comes very close to being called a true spider. The … Read more
In Depth Epiborkhausenites is a genus of moth that lived in Europe during the Eocene. Further Reading - Studies on the Lepidoptera from fossil resins. Part II. Epiborkausenites obscurotrimaculatus gen. et sp. nov. (Oecophoridae) and a tineid-moth discovered in the Baltic amber. - Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 18:153-160. - A. W. Skalski - 1973.
In Depth Amplectobelua is a genus of anomalocaridid that is known from deposits in both Canada and China. Amplectobelua is one of the more specialised anomalocaridid genera as the main grasping appendages terminate in rudimentary claws that would have allowed Amplectobelua to pick up small objects, be they morsels of organic matter, or small organisms … Read more