Rhyniognatha hirsti
A pair of jaws (mandibles) preserved in a fragment of Rhynie Chert and mounted on a glass microscope slide. This is the world's oldest fossil insect part
Picture No
10713634
Media ID
47585168
Size
1304px x 2082px
(2.9MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Natural History Museum
Source
Photograph from the Natural History Museum Collection
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Arthropoda Chert Fossilised Hexapod Hexapoda Insecta Jawbone Mandible Oldest Sedimentary
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