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Hunt for Fossils Finds Warning for Warming Earth
An insect mine on a 53 million-year-old fossil from the Bighorn Basin of Wyoming. An egg is laid within the leaf. When the egg hatches, the larva chews its way through the leaf, forming a feeding channel that is still visible on the fossil.
Credit: Ellen Currano
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Ellen Currano collects fossil leaves from a site that is 57 million years old, in the Bighorn Basin of Wyoming.
Credit: Ellen Currano
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Even family members get pressed into service in the quarry--John and Ellen Currano during the summer of 2007.
Credit: Ellen Currano
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This image was captured as the researchers were pulling into camp after a full day in the field. Two tents are barely visible at the base of the butte.
Credit: Ellen Currano
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