 Tiny threads of spider silk were found in the amber |
Two brothers have discovered what is thought to be the world's oldest recorded spider's web encased in amber on an East Sussex beach.
The amber, which was found in Bexhill, was formed about 140 million years ago in the Cretaceous period.
Amateur fossil hunter Jamie Hiscocks and his brother Jonathan also found the fossilized remains of an Iguanodon jaw bone on the coastline.
The spider web thread is now being studied at Oxford University.Read more at BBC News.
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