科学家在厄瓜多尔的琥珀中发现了11 200万年前的昆虫,揭示了古老的雨林生态系统。 Scientists found 112-million-year-old insects in amber in Ecuador, revealing an ancient rainforest ecosystem.

科学家首次在南美洲发现保存在琥珀中的史前昆虫,这些昆虫在厄瓜多尔东部的一个采石场中发现,可追溯到11 200万年前。 Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, found in a quarry in eastern Ecuador and dating back 112 million years. 来自白鲸期的琥珀含有保存良好的甲虫、苍蝇、黄蜂和其他昆虫的残骸,以及花粉和植物碎片,对古老雨林生态系统提供了难得的一见之明。 The amber, from the Cretaceous period, contains well-preserved remains of beetles, flies, wasps, and other insects, along with pollen and plant fragments, offering a rare glimpse into an ancient rainforest ecosystem. 这一发现是南美同类中最大的发现,它揭示出森林里有幼兽、锥虫和现在绝迹的猴子猜谜树,并对开花植物的早期兴起及其在恐龙时代与昆虫不断演变的关系提供了新的洞察力。 This discovery, the largest of its kind in South America, reveals a forest with ferns, conifers, and the now-extinct Monkey Puzzle Tree, and provides new insights into the early rise of flowering plants and their evolving relationships with insects during the age of dinosaurs.