This compression fossil is of an adult individual.
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Most fossils in amber are nymphs; compression fossils ( in rock ) include adults.
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Only a single specimen is known; a holotype queen found preserved as a compression fossil.
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The three species were described from compression fossils preserved in diatomite deposits of the Bol shaya Svetlovodnaya site.
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The third species was described from compression fossils preserved in diatomite deposits of the Bol shaya Svetlovodnaya site.
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There are numerous Eocene plant fossil sites, including shale units that are rich with leaves as compression fossils.
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Typically, only the basic outline and surface features are preserved in compression fossils; internal anatomy is not preserved.
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It is a compression fossil, preserved on a single slab, that, however, has been sawed into several pieces.
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Compression fossils are studied by dissolving the surrounding matrix with acid and then using light or scanning electron microscopy to examine surface details.
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Researchers study compression fossils by dissolving the surrounding matrix with acid and then using light or scanning electron microscopy to examine surface details.