Ï㽶ÊÓƵ News - Alexandre Demers-Potvin /channels/news_feeds/all/term/Alexandre%20Demers-Potvin/rss en Fossilized wing gives clues about Labrador’s biodiversity during the Cretaceous /channels/channels/news/fossilized-wing-gives-clues-about-labradors-biodiversity-during-cretaceous-320712 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>A fossilised insect wing discovered in an abandoned mine in Labrador has led palaeontologists from Ï㽶ÊÓƵ and the University of GdaÅ„sk to identify a new hairy cicada species that lived around 100 million years ago.</p> <p><i>Maculaferrum blaisi</i>,<i> </i>described in a study published in <i><a href="https://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app006692019.html">Acta Palaeontologica Polonica</a></i>, is the first hemipteran insect (true bug) to be discovered at the Redmond Formation, a fossil site from the Cretaceous period near Schefferville, Labrador.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/fossilized-wing.png?itok=jIFk7Oju" width="160" height="83" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">21 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2020</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 21 Feb 2020 15:11:45 +0000 webfull 159038 at /channels