This is it – the holy grail of fossil collecting – an intact piece of the prehistoric world that has been perfectly preserved inside fossilized amber. This piece includes a colony of Dominican Wasps who have been frozen in time. Paleontologists have been excited to find a variety of extinct wasps captured in amber throughout the Dominican Republic.

About the fossils:

Sap running down the side of a surface captured this colony of Dominican Wasps in this amber. Using a jewlers loupe, you can peer into this piece of amber and look directly back in time at these creatures who have been preserved exactly as they were.

Name:	Dominican Wasps in Amber
Fossil Type:	Whole preserved wasps in amber
Age:	22-28 Million Years (Oligocene/Miocene)
Location:	Dominican Republic
Size:	1.5 inches