Prehistoric giant ant fossil. Fossilised remains of a Formicium sp. prehistoric giant ant, found in Germany. This insect lived around 47 million years

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Prehistoric giant ant fossil. Fossilised remains of a Formicium sp. prehistoric giant ant, found in Germany. This insect lived around 47 million years ago during the Palaeogene (Lower Tertiary) period. Photographed at the In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs exhibition at the National Museum of Natural History, Paris, France, in 2011.

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