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125-Million-Year-Old Scorpion Fly
Paleontology Has Declared
the Fact of Creation through Living Fossils. |
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This 125-million-year-old member of
the Mecoptera, is from Hebei, China. This one is a
female with incredible detail preserved in the wings,
which includes preserved color bands. There are a large
number of these scorpion flies living today.
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Insects
are well represented in Liaoning and Hebei Provinces
of China, with over 10,000 specimens representing over
500 species. Some of these insects, 125 million years
old, are shown below. |
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A butterfly
(Lepidoptera) with a wingspan greater than 5 centimeters
from the lower Cretaceous (approximately 125 million
years ago). |
An 18-millimeter
plant-dwelling insect from the lower Cretaceous (approximately
125 million years ago). |
A
16-millimeter stonefly from the lower Cretaceous (approximately
125 million years ago). |
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125-Million-Year-Old Katydid
This example is a member of the Orpthoptera
(which comprises grasshoppers and their kin) from
the family Haglidae, reminiscent of present-day katydids,
from Hebei, China. The details of this very large
specimen have been very well preserved, including
a color scale dating back 125 million years. As can
be seen from the 27-millimeter ovipositor it used
to bury its eggs in the soil, this is a female that
shares exactly the same anatomical features as today’s
katydids. |
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Close-up view. |
Close-up
view. |
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A
155-Million-Year-Old Drogonfly |
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The
Assassin Bug that Led to Darwin’s Death
Fossils refute evolution. This fact,
one of the difficulties that faced Darwin’s
theory 150 years ago, is now plain for all to see. |
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Assassin bugs are widespread all over
the world and known so because of their speed and the
way they poison their prey (Order Hemiptera). These 120-million-year-old
fossil specimens are identical to assassin bugs living
today. |
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A
50-Million-Year-Old Stingray |
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This
50-million-year-old stingray was found in Green River
in Wyoming. The details in the tail of this perfectly
preserved fossil are stiking, showing that this specimen
is identical to present-day stingrays. |
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