For #FossilFriday check out this gorgeous #fossil #insect! This 49 million year old beauty is Pulchritudo attenboroughi, a #beetle found in the rocks of the Green River Formation, Colorado. what's particularly striking about this fossil is the pattern on its wing cases.

#palaeontology #paleoentology #entomology #arthropods #science

@russell Furthermore "Pulchritudo attenboroughi" has got to be one of the coolest scientific names ever.
@jonldavis It's cool isn't it?