Dominican Amber Rainforest Beetle and Spider

Fossil Amber

Class Arachnida, Subclass Araneae

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Order Coleoptera

Geological Time: Oligocene-Miocene

Size (25.4mm = 1 inch): Amber: 16 mm long , 10 mm across , Inclusions: 1 mm- 2 mm

Fossil Site: Region near Santiago, Dominican Republic

Code: DA3035

Price: Sold

Dominican Amber Rainforest Beetle and SpiderDescription: This amber piece displays a fine beetle in association with the shed skin (exuvia) of a spider. Given the exoskeleton of an arthropod is rigid, it must be shed periodically, leaving behind a “ghost” of the creature to which it belonged.

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