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A hell ant species that lived 113 million years ago in northeastern Brazil was recently discovered. The hell ant, which was preserved as a rock impression in limestone, is a member of ...

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A 113-million-year-old hell ant that once lived in northeastern Brazil is now the oldest ant specimen known to science, finds a report published in Current Biology.The hell ant, which was ...

A 113-million-year-old hell ant that once lived in northeastern Brazil is now the oldest ant specimen known to science, finds a new report. The hell ant, which was preserved in limestone ...

A 113-million-year-old ant fossil, Vulcanidris Cratensis, has been identified in a Brazilian museum, making it the oldest known ant specimen. Discovered in the Crato Formation, this "hell ant ...

The fossilized ant, named Vulcanidris cratensis, is a member of the extinct ant subfamily Haidomyrmecinae. Appropriately dubbed “hell ants,” Haidomyrmecinae ants existed during the Cretaceous ...

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A 113-million-year-old hell ant that once lived in northeastern Brazil is now the oldest ant specimen known to science, finds a report publishing in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on April 24.