Four <i>Tragychrysa ovoruptora</i> Newborns Preserved in Amber with Egg Shells and Egg Burster (IMAGE)

University of Oxford

Four <i>Tragychrysa ovoruptora</i> Newborns Preserved in Amber with Egg Shells and Egg Burster

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Four complete Tragychrysa ovoruptora newborns preserved together with egg shell remains and one visible egg burster (right inset).

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Modified from the open access article published in Palaeontology: 'The hatching mechanism of 130-million-year-old insects: an association of neonates, egg shells, and egg bursters in Lebanese amber'

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