Exclusive: Stunning snail found in dinosaur-era amber

Press/Media: Article/Feature

A record-setting fossil from Myanmar reveals the detailed anatomy of ancient snails' soft tissues.

Period	11 Oct 2018

Title	Exclusive: Stunning snail found in dinosaur-era amber
Degree of recognition	International
Media name/outlet	National Geographic
Media type	Web
Country	United States of America
Date	11/10/18
Description	The head, foot, and eye stalk of a tiny land snail were recently found fossilized in a piece of 99-million-year-old amber. Though the specimen measures less than 0.2 inches across, it offers incredible visibility into the lives of these inconspicuous creatures from the time of the dinosaurs.
Producer/Author	John Pickrell
URL	https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2018/10/news-snail-found-amber-dinosaurs-cretaceous-paleontology/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=twitter::cmp=editorial::add=tw20181011science-ambersnail::rid=&sf199843469=1
Persons	Lida Xing, Jeffrey Stilwell, Andrew Ross