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Palm bruchine tunnels in a fossil coconut fruit of the Cerrejón Formation, Colombia. Image credit: Penn State.

60-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals Evidence of Seed Beetle Predation on Coconuts

May 2, 2022 by News Staff

Paleontologists have found insect borings in a fruit fossil of the genus Cocos (coconuts) from the Paleocene Cerrejón Formation of Colombia. Their findings...