The discovery of gecko fossils lies in amber dating from nearly 100 million years

An ancient gecko preserved almost intact in the amber block dating to nearly 100 million years has been discovered by scientists in Myanmar. This discovery helps to better understand the evolutionary history of modern reptiles today. More importantly, this is a gecko, not a blood-sucking dinosaur mosquito in the amber block, so we should not be too hopeful about a future Jurassic Park.

Specifically, scientists determined that the story of this fossil began about 99 million years ago, when a gecko climbing on an ancient tree in the area is now Myanmar. While climbing the tree, this small gecko was accidentally caught in the sap and stuck in it.

Gecko fossils are 100 million years old.

Over time, this plastic tablet became harder and fossilized into amber - a transparent, yellow stone that you see in the Jurassic Park movie helped scientists revive dinosaurs. And in fact, researchers at the University of Florida have dug out this chameleon sample several decades ago, but so far they have had the opportunity to analyze it.

Although the exact name of this gecko has not been identified yet, they believe it may be the oldest gecko ever found in history. In fact, some fossils of gecko have been found in the past but dating back later, about 78 million years ago and compared to this time, the distance is very far away.

Not only did it break the chronological record, it was also one of 13 samples of gecko fossils that scientists have recently analyzed, contributing to providing more useful information to better understand the evolution of Geckos in particular and reptiles in general.

One member of the research team commented: "These fossils tell us many special points, helping to better understand the variety of lizards in the ancient tropical forests. The excavated lizards are quite small because their bones are small, fragile and often not preserved, especially in tropical conditions, thus finding the gecko in this amber is an immense specimen. rare and unique to help the research process more convenient ".