First fossil cicada discovered in the Messel pit

PHYSorg
May 5, 2025, 9:55 am152 pts
For the first time, a fossilized true cicada has been described from the Messel Pit deposits. Eoplatypleura messelensis is one of the oldest known representatives of the modern-day true cicadas in Eurasia, and it is the earliest record of the subfamily Cicadinae worldwide.

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