[Rockhounds] Remains of Triassic Butterflies Found

[Paul]

Exquisite fossils show butterflies appeared before there were flowers
to pollinate By Ben Guarino, Washington Post,  January 10, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/01/10/exquisite-fossils-show-butterflies-appeared-before-there-were-flowers-to-pollinate/

Finding the Oldest Fossils of Butterflies Using a Human Nose Hair
By Nicholas St. Fleurjan, New York Times, January 10, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/10/science/fossils-butterflies-moths.html

'Butterfly Tongues' Are More Ancient Than Flowers, Fossil Study Finds
By Rebbeca Hersher, All Things Considered, January 10, 2018
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/10/576763256/butterfly-tongues-are-more-ancient-than-flowers-fossil-study-finds

In 'pond scum,' scientists find answers to one evolution's which-came-
first cases, Boston College, January 10, 2018,
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-pond-scum-scientists-evolution-which-came-first.html
https://www.livescience.com/61394-oldest-butterfly-on-record.html

The paper is:

Timo J. B. van Eldijk, Torsten Wappler, Paul K. Strother, Carolien M. H.
van der Weijst, Hossein Rajaei, Henk Visscher, and Bas van de
Schootbrugge, 2018, A Triassic-Jurassic window into the evolution of
Lepidoptera. Science Advances  10 Jan 2018: Vol. 4, no. 1, e1701568
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1701568
http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/1/e1701568

Yours,

Paul H.