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A fossilized dragonfly wing unearthed in Alberta’s Dinosaur Provincial Park has been identified as a brand-new species, marking the first dragonfly fossil ever found in Canada’s dinosaur-aged rocks. Credit: Alex Anderson Discovery reveals a previously undocumented 30-million-year gap in dragonfly evolution. For the first time in Canadian paleontology, a fossilized dragonfly wing from the Cretaceous period has been identified as …

Named Cordualadensa acorni, the new dragonfly species from Alberta’s Dinosaur Provincial Park represents the only Mesozoic dragonfly for Canada and fills a major 30-million-year gap in the evolutionary history of dragonflies. Cordualadensa acorni. Image credit: Alex Anderson. The fossilized wing of Cordualadensa acorni was discovered in 2023 by an undergraduate student from McGill University during a vertebrate paleontology field course …

Key Takeaways  DOJ has backtracked on last week’s reports that it would bring charges against crypto VC Dragonfly for supporting Tornado Cash.  The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has clarified it is not pursuing charges against crypto venture capital firm Dragonfly over its investment in Tornado Cash. In a statement, Thane Rehn, Federal Prosecutor and Assistant U.S. Attorney, said recent …