In a piece of amber found Chimera with the tail of her 100 million years

2018-02-06 18:35

In a piece of amber found Chimera with the tail of her 100 million years
New species of ancient spiders that had tails, discovered by scientists of University of Kansas in a piece of amber in Myanmar.

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Spider found in a piece of amber in Myanmar, whose age is 100 million years old, reports Rus.Media. Arthropods can still live in the tropical forests of Southeast Asia, according to a paper published in Nature Ecology & Evolution.

Arthropod Chimerarachne yingi was a contemporary of the dinosaurs the Cretaceous period. Its characteristic feature is a long flagellum at the posterior part of the abdomen. Experts believe that the spider used the appendage as a tactile organ, feeling them surrounding objects.

The spider reaches 2.5 mm in length, excluding a 3-mm tail. According to scientists, Chimerarachne yingi is intermediate between spiders and their ancestors that lived in the Paleozoic.