2.9" Fossil Insect (Homoptera) Plate - Cereste, France

This is a piece of shale featuring two fossil insects of the suborder Homoptera, collected from an Oligocene-aged shale deposit near Cereste in Southern France. The largest measures .22" wide and shows some antenna and leg preservation.

This is part of an old collection that we recently acquired. The collection includes a variety of insect fossils from around Southern France, collected over a span of 50 years by a woman with PhDs in paleontology and pharmacology.
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DETAILS
SPECIES
Order Hemiptera, Suborder Homoptera
LOCATION
Cereste, Alpes-de-Haute, France
SIZE
Largest Insect: .22" long (including leg), Rock: 2.9 x 1.95"
CATEGORY
ITEM
#255969
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