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The slime mold is pointed out by an arrow at the upper left above the lizard leg.
Alexander Schmidt, University of Göttingen and Scientific Reports
We’ve already marveled at a millipede, tick, snail, spider with a tail and even mold pigs trapped in ancient amber. Now we can add a lovely little slime mold to the list of preserved wonders.
Scientists from the University of Gottingen, University of Helsinki and the American Museum of Natural History discovered the oldest known slime mold encased in 100-million-year-old Myanmar tree resin along with a lizard leg. The team recently published its findings in the journal Scientific Reports.
Microorganism-munching slime molds (also known as a myxomycetes) are single-celled organisms. The University of Gottingen said «they can join together to form complex, beautiful and delicate fruiting bodies, which serve to make and spread spores.» It’s those bodies that are on display in the amber.
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