Oct 29, 2021 · An international team of scientists said October 22, 2021 that they’ve discovered a 100-million-year-old crab preserved in amber. The curious little crab is no bigger than a pencil eraser.

Oct 20, 2021 · In 2015, two researchers stumbled across a piece of amber jewelry in a market in Tengchong, China, that was found by miners in Myanmar. The piece has a young, five-millimeter-long crab embedded...

Oct 21, 2021 · More than 100 million years ago, while dinosaurs still roamed the Earth, a tiny crab wandered out to the shore. Unlucky for it, the crab got stuck in resin and perished.

Oct 24, 2021 · The study used micro CT to examine and describe Cretapsara athanata, the oldest modern-looking crab (approximately 100 million years old) and the most complete fossil crab ever discovered. It is rivaled in completeness by the mysterious Callichimaera perplexa, a very distant relative nicknamed the platypus of the crab world.

Oct 20, 2021 · In looks, the 100-million-year-old creature superficially resembles crabs that scuttle around shores today. Computerized tomography scans revealed delicate body parts like antennae, gills and...

Oct 22, 2021 · CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The oldest ever crab, trapped in amber for 100 million years, has been unearthed by scientists. Researchers at Harvard University say the fossil dates back to the age of the dinosaurs and may be a “missing link” in evolution.

Oct 21, 2021 · Fossils of the earliest "modern-looking" crabs were discovered in tree amber, estimated by scientists to date back 100 million years – the most complete crustacean fossil ever preserved in amber.

Oct 20, 2021 · The study used micro CT to examine and describe Cretapsara athanata, the oldest modern-looking crab (approximately 100 million years old) and the most complete fossil crab ever discovered. It is rivalled in completeness by the mysterious Callichimaera perplexa, a very distant

Oct 20, 2021 · Researchers describe the first crab from the Cretaceous dinosaur era preserved in amber. The study used micro CT to examine and describe Cretapsara athanata, the oldest modern-looking crab...

Oct 22, 2021 · This new discovery pushes that back to at least 100 million years ago, answering Luque’s initial question of what this crab was doing in the jungle and bringing the fossil record in line with long-held theories on the genetic history of crabs.