About 20-30 million years ago, a salamander hatchling died. It...

By: vivian on domingo, março 05, 2017

About 20-30 million years ago, a salamander hatchling died. It fell into a pool of tree resin. Luckily for us, that resin turned into amber, perfectly preserving the hatchling until he was found by modern scientists in the Dominican Republic. Not only is the salamander a new species, named Palaeoplethodon hispaniolae, but it is the first ever salamander found preserved in amber. And that’s not all! This poor little guy is also evidence that once upon a time, long long ago, salamanders called the Caribbean home. That’s exciting for zoologists because no salamanders live in the Caribbean today!

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