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Image: Palaeovespa florissantia

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Description: This fossil of Palaeovespa florissantia, a paper wasp, reveals a species that lived 34 million years ago. Its’ imprint is delicately preserved in paper-thin lake shale. This particular specimen serves as the logo for Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. National Park Service photo.
Title: Palaeovespa florissantia
Credit: http://www.nps.gov/parkoftheweek/photo-120.htm
Author: NPS
Permission: Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
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