Fossilized brood cell assemblage in an exposed paleosol. These brood cells were created by solitary bees related to modern Anthophora sp. which burrow

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Fossilized brood cell assemblage in an exposed paleosol. These brood cells were created by solitary bees related to modern Anthophora sp. which burrow into soil to create a chamber to house their larvae. Photographed in Fuerteventura, Canary Isles. For a photograph of individual cells, see E442/603.

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Photo credit: © DR. JOHN BRACKENBURY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: animal, animals, assemblage, assemblages, brood, canaries, canary, cell, cells, chambers, formation, fossil, fossilized, fossils, fuerteventura, geological, geology, invertebrate, invertebrates, isles, multiple, palaeoecology, palaeoentomology, palaeontology, paleoecology, paleoentomology, paleontology, paleosol, prehistoric, prehistory