Age: 38–48 million years
Era: Lutetian stage, Middle Eocene
Location: Lithuania
Amber Size: 10 x 8 x 4 mm
Special notes: Wings spread, antennae intact.
This listing is for the exact fossil imaged. Close-up images taken up to 60x magnification.
Includes display container. This item ships free and carbon neutral.
Note: Due to high demand, the fossil market is flooded with fake amber, often just plastic with embedded insects. We only sell authentic amber with actual fossils.
This table contains the geological time periods of the past 2.5 billion years on Earth to aid in understanding age immense age of these fossils.
(Ma = Mega-annum = 1,000,000 years)EON | ERA | PERIOD | EXTENT (Ma) | DURATION (Ma) |
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Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | 2.588–Present | 2.588+ |
Neogene | 23.03–2.588 | 20.4 | ||
Paleogene | 66.0–23.03 | 42.9 | ||
Mesozoic | Cretaceous | 145.5–66.0 | 79.5 | |
Jurassic | 201.3–145.0 | 56.3 | ||
Triassic | 252.17–201.3 | 50.9 | ||
Paleozoic | Permian | 298.9–252.17 | 46.7 | |
Carboniferous | 358.9–298.9 | 60 | ||
Devonian | 419.2–358.9 | 60.3 | ||
Silurian | 443.4–419.2 | 24.2 | ||
Ordovician | 485.4–443.4 | 42 | ||
Cambrian | 541.0–485.4 | 55.6 | ||
Proterozoic | Neoproterozoic | Ediacaran | 635.0–541.0 | 94 |
Cryogenian | 850–635 | 215 | ||
Tonian | 1,000–850 | 150 | ||
Mesoproterozoic | Stenian | 1,200–1,000 | 200 | |
Ectasian | 1,400–1,200 | 200 | ||
Calymmian | 1,600–1,400 | 200 | ||
Paleoproterozoic | Statherian | 1,800–1,600 | 200 | |
Orosirian | 2,050–1,800 | 250 | ||
Rhyacian | 2,300–2,050 | 250 | ||
Siderian | 2,500–2,300 | 200 | ||