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4.6" Fossil Parasitoid Wasp and Mosquito Plate - Cereste, France
This 4.6" wide slab of shale contains a parasitoid wasp (family Braconidae) and two mosquito (family Culicidae) fossils, collected from an Oligocene-aged shale deposit near Cereste in Southern France.
It comes with an acrylic display stand.
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.
It comes with an acrylic display stand.
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.
SPECIES
Family Braconidae (Wasp) & Family Culicidae (Mosquitos)
AGE
LOCATION
Cereste, France
SIZE
Wasp: .19" long, Rock: 4.6 x 3"
CATEGORY
ITEM
#256066
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