FOSSIL INSECTS (SOLNHOFEN)

Fossil insects can range from a thirty-inch dragonfly to a springtail only a few tenths of an inch long. Insects have been on earth since the Ordovician Period about 480 million years ago. Modern insects evolveed in the Jurassic Period 200 million years ago. Since 60% of all known species on Earth are insects, it is a diverse and interesting group of fossils!