According to the fossil findings, the 3.5-inch long cockroach had freshwater sharks for neighbors in the rivers and lakes that dominated Ohio during what scientists call the Carboniferous period.

Largest Fossil Cockroach Found; Site Preserves Incredible Detail. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 3, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2001 / 11 / 011120053611.htm ...

Geologists at Ohio State University have found the largest-ever complete fossil of a cockroach, one that lived 55 million years before the first dinosaurs.

Analysis of the fossil has now been published in the journal Current Biology. This species is known for having a long horn on its head. Hell ant and cockroach trapped in amber 99 million years ago.

A common European and African cockroach may have gotten its evolutionary start in North America, according to new fossil findings. More than 70 species of cockroaches in the genus Ectobius ...

You’re welcome, Europe. The most common genus of cockroach in modern Europe, Ectobius, likely spread from North America some 50 million years ago, according to a new fossil find described Friday ...

A researcher at Oregon State University has identified a new species of ancient cockroach preserved in amber.Professor Emeritus George Poinar Jr. studied the se ...

Researchers in Japan have identified different cockroach species based on egg casing impressions in Jomon-era pottery. Using the information, they found that the two main species in modern Japan ...

A common European and African cockroach may have gotten its evolutionary start in North America, according to new fossil findings. More than 70 species of cockroaches in the genus Ectobius ...

A researcher at Oregon State University has identified a new species of ancient cockroach preserved in amber. Sun, 07 Jan 2024 00:03:58 GMT (1704585838263) ...