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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nilima Marshall

Flower trapped in amber for 34 million years is ‘extraordinary and beautiful’

The largest known flower fossil to be preserved in amber, thought to be at least 34 million years old, has been described by scientists as “extraordinary and beautiful”.

Measuring nearly 3cm wide, the flower is about three times the size of other preserved blooms.

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