Research
Tiny beetle trapped in 53-million-year-old amber is named after Twenty One Pilots
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The Brief
- A beetle preserved in about 53-million-year-old amber has been described as a new species by researchers in Spain and France.
- The species is named Cnopus twentyonepilotorum, after the band Twenty One Pilots.
- It is the first puppet beetle (family Aderidae) formally described from the Oise amber of northern France.
Why it matters
It adds a formally described species to the fossil record of Oise amber, a source of information about insect diversity around 53 million years ago.
Who’s affected
- paleontologists and entomologists
- #paleontology
- #entomology
- #amber
- #taxonomy
- #beetles
Preserved in amber for about 53 million years, a beetle has been described as a new species by researchers in Spain and France. Named Cnopus twentyonepilotorum, it is the first puppet beetle (family Aderidae) to be formally described from the Oise amber of northern France. The…