Phil Roberson
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Earth Sciences Lab Manager | PhD student in Environmental Sciences | Paleontologist | He/Him
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Some fossils make you go WHOA at first sight and this is one of them: an ancient grasshopper nest with 50 intact eggs. It's the first fossil grasshopper nest ever found! Discovered at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in Oregon, it offers a peek at insect reproduction 29 million years ago 🧪
29 million-year-old grasshopper nest found intact with eggs, study says | CNN
Scientists discovered a fossilized grasshopper egg pod filled with eggs that could be unlike anything paleontologists had ever seen before, according to a new study.
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January 16, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Some fossils make you go WHOA at first sight and this is one of them: an ancient grasshopper nest with 50 intact eggs. It's the first fossil grasshopper nest ever found! Discovered at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in Oregon, it offers a peek at insect reproduction 29 million years ago 🧪