312 Million-Year-Old Insect Imprint Found - Details

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Title:	312 Million-Year-Old Insect Imprint Found - http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE4B17CY20081202
Description:	A geology student in Massachusetts has found what researchers are calling the oldest imprint of a prehistoric insect. Found at a rocky outcrop near a large shopping center in North Attleboro, Massachusetts, the 312 million-year-old imprint shows the creature’s thorax, abdomen, and six legs. Though not a dragonfly, the insect had a similar body structure and may have been some sort of mayfly. A few weeks earlier, the fossilized remains of a wing that may have belonged to another insect of the same species was uncovered.
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Date Added:	December 05, 2008 05:00:00 AM
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