insect fossils
Preserved ancient bugs
Insect fossils are preserved remains or traces of insects from past geological ages.
Most commonly found in amber—fossilized tree resin that trapped insects millions of years ago—they also occur as compressions in sedimentary rock.
These fossils provide evidence of insect evolution and ancient ecosystems: The insect fossils in Baltic amber date back 44 million years.
- amberHardened ancient tree secretion
- sedimentary rockLayered geological formation
- entomologyStudy of insects
- carbonizationConversion to char
- paleontologyStudy of ancient organisms
trapped in amber · Jurassic Park · natural history museum · La Brea · Burgess Shale · stratigraphy · radiometric dating · extinction events · ancient ecosystems · migration patterns · paleoecology · paleoecology
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