Amber Listserv / Unknown insects found in 110-million-year-old amber in Spain

[JOHN FUDALA]

  <http://physorg.tradepub.com/?pt=cat&page=_INTL>  The remains of several
unknown insect species which became extinct long before dinosaurs stopped
roaming the earth have been discovered in pieces of 110-million-year-old
amber found in Spain, researchers said Thursday.
Palaeontologist Enrique Penalver said the amber discovered in the El Soplao
cave in the northern province of Cantabria was in "exceptional" condition.

"The conservation is incredible. You can study the details," he told a news
conference in Santander according to the Europea Press agency.

Several types of arachnids, as well spider webs and plant remains, were
found fossilised in the amber discovered at the site, added Penalver, a
researcher with the science ministry's Geology and Mine Institute.

It is the most important amber find to date in Spain and possibly in all of
Europe, he added. There are few other amber finds from that era in the
world, he said.

Picture and more at: http://www.physorg.com/news136134829.html
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