A 99 million year old baby bird trapped in amber. #extinct #BurmeseAmber #Cretaceous #amberfossils #enantiornithes

This is #Yantarogekko Balticus. It is an #extinct genus of gecko known from a single specimen found in Kaliningrad, Russia. Much like modern #geckos, Y. Balticus had adhesive toepads and a projectile tongue. #amberfossils #paleontology

This praying mantis was trapped in amber approximately 30 million years ago. Found in the Dominican Republic. #Prayingmantis #insects #amber #amberfossils #paleontology

Stunning amber deposits hold insects from the time of the dinosaurs A sand quarry in Ecuador has yielded South America’s first amber with bio-inclusions, including a spider's web and a collection of mosquitoes, beetles, flies, wasps and biting midges that lived 112...

Stunning amber deposits hold insects from the time of the dinosaurs #Science #EarthSciences #Paleontology #AmberFossils #Dinosaurs

Incredible 112-Million-Year-Old Amber Reveals an Entire Ancient Ecosystem A first for the Southern Hemisphere.

Incredible 112-Million-Year-Old Amber Reveals an Entire Ancient Ecosystem #Science #Biology #Ecology #AmberFossils #AncientEcosystem #Paleontology

This Deposit of 'Weird' Cretaceous Amber Could Reveal Hints to Long-Forgotten Tsunamis in Japan A new study highlights the potential of amber fossils to capture evidence of powerful, prehistoric ocean waves

This Deposit of 'Weird' Cretaceous Amber Could Reveal Hints to Long-Forgotten Tsunamis in Japan: A new study highlights the potential of amber fossils to capture evidence of powerful, prehistoric ocean waves @SmithsonianMag #AmberFossils #CretaceousPeriod #TsunamiResearch #Paleontology #OceanWaves

Ancient Amber Has Kept a Dirt Ant Frozen in Time For 16 Million Years Learn about the extinct species of

Ancient Amber Has Kept a Dirt Ant Frozen in Time For 16 Million Years #Science #Biology #EvolutionaryBiology #AmberFossils #Paleontology #Evolution

Smaugust Day 4- Fossil

#art #drawings #illustrations #digitaldrawings #digitalillustrations #dragons #dragonlover #dragonart #dragonartist #fantasy #fantasyart #fantasyartist #smaugust2024 #smaugust2024day4 #smaugust2024fossil #fossils #fossilsinamber #amberfossils