Joel Kontinen
Tardigrades were the smallest animals yet to be found, but Geogge Poinar jr, and electron-microscopist Roberta Hess (who happens to be Poinar’s wife), captured these small 100 micrometres or 0.003 inches long individuals, found in the Dominican republic, as their name Sialomorpha dominicana suggests.
They we found in amber and are supposed to be “ "30 million years old.”
Although the mold pigs resemble the tardigrades, They are their own species.
He and Diane Nelson described their discovery in a paper published on September 28 in the journal Invertebrate Biology.
The discovery speaks of God's guidance in creating the world.
Source:
Lanese, Nicoletta. 2019, Move Over, Tardigrades — 'Mold Pigs' Are the New Micro-Beast in Town. Live Science (9.10.).
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