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113-Million-Year-Old Hell Ant Fossil Found in Brazil

Paleontologists have described the oldest known member of Haidomyrmecinae -- an extinct subfamily of ants that only lived during the Cretaceous period -- preserved as a rock impression in the limestone of the Crato Formation in northeastern Brazil. The post 113-Million-Year-Old Hell Ant Fossil Found in Brazil appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

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113-Million-Year-Old Hell Ant Fossil Found in Brazil
Vulcanidris cratensis, holotype. Scale bar - 2 mm. Image credit: Lepeco et al., doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.03.023.

Paleontologists have described the oldest known member of Haidomyrmecinae -- an extinct subfamily of ants that only lived during the Cretaceous period -- preserved as a rock impression in the limestone of the Crato Formation in northeastern Brazil.

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