He mea kupanaha ke noʻonoʻo ʻana ua lilo kahi gecko liʻiliʻi i paʻa i ka amber no 54 miliona mau makahiki i kēia manawa i hōʻike ʻepekema. ʻO ka fossilization o ka gecko i loko o ke kūlana maʻemaʻe he manawa kūpono ia no mākou e hoʻomaopopo i ke ʻano, anatomy, a me ka morphology o nā geckos mai nā miliona makahiki aku nei.
Ua ʻike ʻia ka ʻike ma 2004 e nā mea noiʻi ʻo Aaron M. Bauer, mai ke Keʻena Biology ma ke Kulanui ʻo Villanova, ʻo Wolfgang Bohme mai ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Alexander Koenig a me Wolfgang Weitschat mai ke Kulanui o Hamburg.
He hōʻike kēia hōʻike hōʻike i ka hohonu a me ka paʻakikī o ka mōʻaukala o ko kākou honua, e hōʻike ana i ke koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka noiʻi paleontological a me ka ʻimi ʻana. Ke wehe nei mākou i nā mea hou aʻe e pili ana i ko mākou honua i hala, loaʻa iā mākou nā ʻike waiwai i ka ulu ʻana a me ka ulu ʻana o ke ola ma ka Honua, e ʻae iā mākou e hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi i ko mākou wahi ma ka honua a puni mākou.
Ma hope o ka loiloi ʻepekema nui, ka nā pepa noiʻi ua hōʻike ʻia ʻo ka mōʻalihaku no ka Early Eocene epoch. No ka poʻe i kamaʻāina ʻole i kēia ʻano manawa honua, ʻo ka Eocene Epoch a i ʻole ka manawa, mai 56 a 33.9 miliona mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ʻike ʻia ʻo ia ka lua o nā māhele nui loa o ka Paleogene Period i loko o ka Cenozoic Era hou.
Wahi a ka poʻe noiʻi, ua paʻa kēia gecko ma Baltic amber a ua ʻike ʻia ma ke komohana ʻākau o Rūsia. Ua ʻōlelo lākou ʻo kēia mōʻalihaʻi ʻo "ka moʻo gekkonid kahiko loa i hōʻike ʻia e nā koena iwi iwi ʻē aʻe. ʻO nā huahelu o ka specimen ka hapa nui a hōʻike i kahi hui kūʻokoʻa o nā mea i ʻike ʻole ʻia ma kekahi ʻano ola.
Ua hōʻike pū ʻia ka ʻike ʻana i nā scansors (nā wāwae moʻo liʻiliʻi) ua like me nā mea i loaʻa i nā geckos o kēia wā a ua hōʻoia lākou aia kahi ʻōnaehana hoʻopili paʻakikī i loko o nā geckos kokoke i 20 a 30 miliona mau makahiki ma mua o ka manaʻo mua.
ʻO ke ʻano o kēia, ua kokoke ka lōʻihi o nā geckos ma kēia honua a ua ola i nā ʻano āpau i hoʻolei ʻia i mua o lākou a hiki i kēia lā. Pehea ka kupaianaha a me ke ʻano ʻē i ka manawa like?
Ma hope o ka heluhelu ʻana e pili ana i ka gecko 54 miliona mau makahiki i paʻa i ka amber, heluhelu e pili ana nā heʻe prehistoric i puni ma mua o nā dinosaurs.
