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Ming was the oldest individual (non-clonal) animal ever discovered whose age could be precisely determined. [1] [2] [3] Thought to be 405 years old, Ming was later determined to be 507 years old, although the clam had previously been killed to make this determination. The size of the clam was 87 mm × 73 mm (3.4 in × 2.9 in).
The oldest known examples of many living groups have been found here. Insects of the Solite Quarry include staphylinid beetles, caddisflies, belostomatids, and thrips. Fossil insects are common at other places in Virginia as well. Small specimens were often preserved associated with unusually high concentrations of conchostracans. [9]
This list of the Cenozoic life of Virginia contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Virginia and are between 66 million and 10,000 years of age.
Fossilized mastodon remains of a single individual were found at SV-2 that may have been killed, butchered, and cooked, indicating possible Pre Clovis activity in the Saltville Valley. [ 2 ] Musk-Oxen were discovered in the Saltville Valley by Clayton E. Ray during joint salvage test excavations held from 1966 through 1967 by the Smithsonian ...
The discovery of a newly identified species — the oldest saber-toothed animal found and an ancient cousin to mammals — fills a longstanding gap in the fossil record.
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This list of the prehistoric life of Virginia contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Virginia. Precambrian [ edit ]
The whale was at least 35 years old and had only recently given birth to her sixth known calf. The pair, both in good health, was last seen on Feb. 16 off Amelia Island in northern Florida ...