Brazil Discovers 113-Million-Year-Old Hell Ant Fossil
The oldest known member of the extinct Haidomyrmecinae subfamily of ants, which existed exclusively during the Cretaceous period, has been identified by paleontologists. It was found preserved as a rock imprint in the limestone of the Crato Formation in northeastern Brazil. Vulcanidris cratensis , holotype. Scale bar – 2 mm. Image credit: Lepeco et al ., doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.03.023. The new ant species, Vulcanidris cratensis, lived in the Early Cretaceous epoch 113 million years ago. The species is the most complete evidence for the early evolution...