29-million-year-old fossils named for first superintendent of national monument
Researchers have discovered the first known fossil egg pod of grasshoppers in the John Day Fossil Beds. The eggs were previously found and thought to be those of ants but have now been correctly identified as grasshopper eggs.
KIMBERLY, OR – The first ever described fossil grasshopper eggs and egg pod on Earth has been found within the Sheep Rock Unit of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.
As reported in the journal, Parks Stewardship Forum, Jaemin Lee (University of California, Berkeley), Dr. Nicholas Famoso (John Day Fossil Beds National Monument), and Angela Lin (University of Oregon) used micro-CT scans to inves...
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