Bizarre Harvestman Species Found Preserved in Ukrainian and Baltic Amber
In a paper published online March 18 in the journal Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, paleontologists described a new species of harvestman found in two pieces of Eocene-aged amber from Ukraine and the Baltic region. An artist’s reconstruction of Balticolasma wunderlichi male. Image credit: Joshua Knüppe. The newly-identified harvestman is the first…
bubmagApril 2, 2026