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Fossil
- Description
- An irregularly flat piece of slate-like rock with a Metasequoia shaped fossil on face and faint, small insect fossil on the other face. This insect fossil is of chief interest for this artifact as it is uncommon. In an e-mail exchange between Dr. Bruce Archibald, a professor at SFU, and Tony L'Orsa…
- Title
- Parasitoid Wasp Fossil
- Category
- NATURAL HISTORY
- Sub-Category
- FOSSIL, INSECT
- Description
- An irregularly flat piece of slate-like rock with a Metasequoia shaped fossil on face and faint, small insect fossil on the other face. This insect fossil is of chief interest for this artifact as it is uncommon. In an e-mail exchange between Dr. Bruce Archibald, a professor at SFU, and Tony L'Orsa, a local geologist, Bruce identified it as a parasitoid wasp.Bruce suggested they are related to the ichneumonidae or braconidae groups of modern insects.
- Length
- 9.2
- Depth
- 0.8
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Dimension Notes
- Measuring the shape of the piece. Measurements taken at longest point. Wasp in fossil itself measures roughly 12 mm.
- Accession No.
- 2017.86.1
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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