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Oregon State professor discovers new flower species By Jim Day, Albany Democrat-Herald
Published: January 26, 2021, 6:02am
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ALBANY, Ore. An Oregon State University scientist famed for his work with specimens in amber, has come up with a new discovery.
George Poinar Jr., whose work uses the same technology displayed in the novel and movie “Jurassic Park,” has identified a new genus and species of flower that is approximately 100 million years old.
“This isn’t quite a Christmas flower but it is a beauty, especially considering it was part of a forest that existed 100 million years ago,” said Poinar, professor emeritus in the OSU College of Science.
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A strange or rather bizarre-looking beetle has been discovered by researchers from a one hundred million years old Burmese amber, collected in the Hukawng Valley in Myanmar.
(Photo : Egor Kamelev)
The strange beetle bears an uncanny resemblance to a combination of fungi, moss, and lichens which make for excellent cover and protection from predators. The cylindrical bark beetle is now a new genus and specie described by George Poinar Jr., a study co-author, entomologist and a paleobiologist at Oregon State University.
The outlandish creature is a master of disguise as it uses moss, lichens, and fungi to hide since it can t run away or beat its enemies. This makes a lot of sense to Poinar, a global expert in using animal and plant life forms heavily preserved in amber, to learn more about the ecology and biology of the distant past.