Insects In Amber Fossils

A picture released on April 26, 2011 in Lima by the Peruvian Paleontological Meyer-Hönningen Museum of Chiclayo in northern Peru, shows the Santiago river basin where detailed fossilized insect remains preserved in amber for 20 million years were found during an excavation, in the Amazon region (which borders Ecuador). According to Klaus Hönningen, the find consists of hundreds of pieces of the gemstone made from fossilized plant resin of up to 12cm containing various types of insects like Psocoptera, Diptera, Coleoptera, Hemiptera and spiders, belonging to the Neogene Era. Amber has been found only in Brazil, the Patagonia in Argentina and in French Guyana. AFP PHOTO/MUSEO PALEONTOLOGICO MEYER-HONNINGER 

 

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At over 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) and a total construction area of 530,000 square meters (5.7 million square feet), Kingdom Tower will be the centerpiece and fi rst construction phase of the $20 billion Kingdom City development in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, near the Red Sea.

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