June 5, 2020
Scottish centipede Kampecaris recognized as the most ancient known arthropods
shaoran2012Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin found himself in the old world beetle (beetle, in this case, a collective term that collectively refers to insects, arachnids, crustaceans and other arthropods). Sample – the ancestor of the centipedes found on the island of Kerrera in Scotland, his age makes 425 million years. Found fossil – an extinct species of millipedes Kampecaris obanensis. Although it was discovered in 1899, it is only now scientists were able to establish his exact age. To do this, the team used the technology of […]