180-Million-Year-Old Cockroach Fossil Found in UK

Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of Jurassic cockroach, Alderblattina simmsi, based on an isolated wing found in Gloucestershire, the United Kingdom.

Alderblattina simmsi: (A) dry specimen; (B) specimen wetted with ethanol; note the prominence of the two subspherical maculae (spots) and distal coloration at the wing tip. Scale bar - 1 mm. Image credit: Swaby et al., doi: 10.1002/spp2.1598.

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