How can a pollinating insect be recognised in the fossil record?
Insect pollination is a decisive process for the survival and evolution of angiosperm (flowering) plants and, to a lesser extent, gymnosperms (without....
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Dinosaurs and amber: site in Teruel opens unique window to Cretaceous world from 110 million years ago
Ariño is a site inside an open mine of lignite. Photo: Xavier Delclòs (UB-IRBio) For the first time in fossil records, root amber, related to the
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Dinosaurs and amber: a site in Teruel opens a unique window to the Cretaceous world from 110 million years ago
New findings of amber in the site of Ariño in Teruel have enabled the reconstruction of a swampy paleoenvironment with a rich coastal resin forest from 110 million years ago
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Oldest Ever Mammal Hair Preserved in Amber Dates Back 110 Million Years
The oldest mammal hair that’s ever been found preserved in amber dates back to the Early Cretaceous period between 105 and 110 million years ago. The three strands of mammal hair and dinosaur feathers were discovered at Santa Maria mine which is located in Teruel (near Ariño), Aragon, eastern Spain. The reason why the hair and feathers were “exceptionally preserved” in the amber was because of a “pull off vestiture” which means that the animals would have rested against the sticky resin while sleeping or resting against a tree and once it hardened up, it would have pulled the hair/...
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