Fossil Fly | Plecia pealei (Love Bug) | Green River Formation, Wyoming | Eocene | 40–45mm PHASMATIDAE no significant damage)

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this skeleton evokes the species’ characteristic arboreal strike posture — sinuous

Otodus obliquus was a giant mackerel shark that prowled the warm shallow seas of the Cretaceous period approximately 70 million years ago — a direct ancestor of the legendary Megalodon

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A genuine Eocene fossil fish from one of the world's most celebrated palaeontological formations

Fossil Fly | Plecia pealei (Love Bug) | Green River Formation, Wyoming | Eocene | 40–45mm PHASMATIDAE no significant damage)A beautifully preserved prehistoric fly in oil shale matrix, recovered from the celebrated Fish Layers of the Green River Formation. Plecia pealei, commonly known as the Love Bug or March Fly, belongs to the family Bibionidae (Order Diptera) and inhabited ancient freshwater lake environments during the Eocene epoch, approximately 4550 million years ago. These specimens were recovered from the Fish Layers of the Green River Formation in Wyoming, USA a