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Lagonomegopidae spider fossils managed to be an astonishing discovery. The reason is, it is 99 million years old and trapped in natural resin.
This one insect is one of the ancient animals that was found. Launching from the National Geographic, this ancient animal has a long history and appeared hundreds of years ago. His free life as a hunter.
Well, since this discovery is in the spotlight, we’ll go into it further. Different from the fragmented fossils of ancient giant animals, these insects are quite special.
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Lagonomegopidae Spider Fossil Finding, 99 Million Years Old
Enter the family of a pair of large eyes in the anterolateral carapace that are now left small eyes. It has been extinct for millions of years, including in the Cretaceous period.
The discovery of this fossil is in a drop of tree resin that managed to trap it. His position looks like an adult female spider and her baby.
Even when 99 million years ago, this arthropod has shown its maternal nature to protect its young. This protection is seen with a clear position of protecting. Researchers captured this image and published it. We’ll include them later for you to observe for yourself.
Image Analysis
The Burmese cut shows two different points of view. In fact, these observations were included in a study of amber specimens by the Journal of the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences on Tuesday.
The image shows that the fossil of a female Lagonomegopidae spider is clutching an egg sac. It contains a baby that is about to hatch.
Next image shows some small spiders that have just hatched. The mother still plays a role in protecting her children from possible harm.
It can be seen that the position of the mother and baby spiders are close to each other and stick together. From before birth to after birth.
This made the researchers surprised and felt fit. Of the three or more specimens that corroborate the story, a shadow is seen in its place.
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Motherhood Instincts and Nature
Lagonomegopidae spider fossils show that its instincts from the start were very good. The actual physical evidence of this fossil record goes back about one hundred million years.
This one insect is known as an animal with good maternal care. But the discovery of fossils as tangible evidence like this is very rare.
From this it can be seen that any investment by parents will improve the fitness of their offspring. Even from sacrifices for the survival and reproduction of parents in the future.
Breakthroughs in any animal adaptation to the sphere of life have significant implications. We call this kind of evolution the evolution of socialization, which has an impact and continues to this day.
Advanced Research
From the discovery of this Lagonomegopidae spider fossil, researchers develop to continue to explore that other examples of behavior that occur in this animal are “trapped in time” events.
Because basically, other arthropods show the same thing. Regarding care as it happens to insects and crustaceans.
At first glance this extinct type of spider looks like a modern jumping spider. However, the facts do not show that they are not related at all.
Its history shows a very long process that in the carbon period from 359 to 299 million years ago. Paul Selden is the author of this study. A Professor of Distinguished Emeritus Gulf – Hedberg, University of Kansas,.
CT – Scanning
This Lagonomegopidae spider fossil is found in a tree bark crack. When the resin from tree sap flooded their position and preserved them naturally it became modern history.
Scans show that they have small eyes and other features. The identity of the female Lagonomegopidae spider fossil and its baby in detail 3D results.
Well, the difference is from a pair of big eyes that are at the front corner of the head. This reflective tapetum in their eyes reveals that they are nocturnal creatures.
Just like the way a cat’s eyes will adapt at night. It blinks much faster in the dark like this insect.
Well, this analysis data becomes the research that fulfills the previous one. There is clear evidence that even quite ancient fossils are preserved by nature.
Lagonomegopidae spider fossils are evidence of the study of the universe. Learn from motherhood and nature that captures it as evidence of humanity. (R10/HR Online)
Publisher: Jujang
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