oldest grasshopper fossil found  modern grasshoppers were born 33 million years ago in usa the egg fossil they found is strikingly similar to current live grasshopper groups   /22/think-out-loud-first-known-foss il-grasshopper-eggs-discovered-east ern-oregon/ earlier this month, scientists described what they believe to be the worlds first fossil of prehistoric grasshopper eggs.  the grapefruit-sized fossil containing more than 50 grasshopper eggs (the eggs are nowhere near grapefruit sized, the piece of rock was) was first found in 2012 at the sheep rock unit at the john day fossil beds national monument in eastern oregon. for several years, the fossil was mistakenly thought to be of ant eggs until nick famoso, a paleontologist hired at the monument in 2016, had doubts about their origin.  the specimen was sent to the university of oregon where ct scans helped reveal tell-tale clues about its structure that confirmed it was a grasshopper that laid them 33 million years ago in usa. > please note that first grasshoppers that do not resemble current lineage at all, are still 333 millions year old, (they were fossils found from australia) but they are almost not recognizable as a grasshopper, none of those lineages survive today
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