stratusfear@lemmy.worldtotodayilearned@lemmy.world•[TIL] Soil did not exist before Cenozoic period (the period since the Dinosaur mass extinction event)English
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4 months agoThis is incorrect. Very little of the soil that existed before the Cenozoic has been preserved. There was soil. The wikipedia article you linked states this.
That looks like maybe a bottle fly. Googling indicates the adults last 50 to 60 days1.
1 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344275278_Longevity_of_Adult_Lucilia_eximia_WiedemannDiptera_Calliphoridae_Under_Standard_Conditions