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Fossil of Cosmoscarta

Insect Museum of West China

Insect Museum of West China
Chengdu, China

Through the study of these insect fossils, we can discover that some insects with seemingly simple structures survived for hundreds of millions of years without any change, and many of them have survived to modern times, still very similar to their modern descendants. This Cosmoscarta was almost exactly the same as its descendant, even the patterns on the wings have not changed, showing how successfully they had evolved!

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  • Title: Fossil of Cosmoscarta
  • Years before present: 140 million years
  • Location: Chaoyang, Liaoning Province
Insect Museum of West China

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