A woman holds a 99 million year old fossilised snail trapped in amber named "Archaeocyclotus Brevivillosus" at the Colmar Museum of Natural History in Eastern France on March 14, 2023. - The snail, which orginates from the Hukawng Valley in northern Burma, is a contemporary of the dinosaurs and gives a window on the biodiversity of the era. Measuring 9 mm long and 3. 1 mm in height and with a shell with bristly hairs the snail will go on display in June at the Colmar Museum accompanying the two hundred specimens of snails the museum has in its collection. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP)

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