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Fossil of Peanut Bettle

Insect Museum of West China

Insect Museum of West China
Chengdu, China

Due to the uniqueness of insect fossils, many species may not have been named officially. This beetle is named after the pattern on its back shell which looks like peanut shell. It is often found in the strata of 165 million years ago at Daohugou Biota in Ningcheng County, Inner Mongolia. It has been extinct now.

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  • Title: Fossil of Peanut Bettle
  • Years before present: 165 million years
  • Location: Ningcheng County, Inner Mongolia
Insect Museum of West China

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