Paleoethology: fossilized behaviours in amber
Abstract
When organisms became trapped in sticky resin they usually expired so quickly that they could fossilize in almost lifelike circumstances. Based on frequent description in literature of many examples we propose in this paper a classification of these paleobehaviours.
Keywords
Amber; Paleoentomology; Amber fossils; Paleoethology; Paleobehaviour.
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PDFDOI: https://doi.org/10.1344/105.000000301
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Facultat de Ciències de la Terra Geociències Barcelona Institut de Diagnosi Ambiental Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Universitat de Barcelona i Estudis de l'Aigua (CSIC)
Geologica Acta (ISSN-1695-6133)
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