Dinosaur-era beetle found encased in 99-mn-year-old amber
Chinese researchers have discovered a beetle preserved in Burmese amber (tree resin) for an estimated 99 million years along with pollen grains of cycads, a plant that preceded flowering plants. Cycads may have been the first insect-pollinated plants, said the co-author, noting the "boganiid beetles have been ancient pollinators since the Age of Cycads and Dinosaurs".