Eoplatypleura messelensis is the oldest identified true cicada ever recognized in Europe. For the primary time, a fossilized true cicada has been recognized from the Messel Pit deposits. Eoplatypleura messelensis is among the many oldest identified representatives of contemporary true cicadas in Eurasia and marks the earliest file of the subfamily Cicadinae worldwide. This discovery, made […]
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47 Million Years Old: Oldest True Cicada Unearthed in Europe
