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New species of fossil cicada discovered in Germany

Summary by omniletters.com
A new species of fossil cicada has been identified by scientists at the Messel paleontological site in Germany. Named Eoplatypleura messelensis, the discovery represents not only the oldest confirmed record of the Cicadinae subfamily in the world, but also one of the first pieces of evidence of the Cicadidae family on the Eurasian continent. At around 47 million years old, this ancient insect lived during the Eocene period, when the region where…
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omniletters.com broke the news in on Monday, May 12, 2025.
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