Upper Cretaceous amber from Vendée, north-western France: Age dating and geological, chemical, and palaeontological characteristics

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• 作者：Didier Né ; raudeau^a ; ^{didier.neraudeau@univ-rennes1.fr} ; Vincent Perrichot^a ; David J. Batten^b ; ^c ; Anais Boura^d ; Vincent Girard^e ; Laurent Jeanneau^a ; Youssef A. Nohra^a ; France Polette^a ; Simona Saint Martin^f ; Jean-Paul Saint Martin^f ; Romain Thomas^d
• 关键词：Amber ; Arthropods ; Micro-organisms ; Palynology ; Turonian ; Vendé ; e ; Western France
• 刊名：Cretaceous Research
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：70
• 期：Complete
• 页码：77-95
• 全文大小：14839 K
• 卷排序：70

文摘

A very fossiliferous amber is described from the Turonian of France. It consists of the first record of arthropods in Turonian amber from this part of Europe. Both terrestrial and marine macro- or micro-organisms are preserved in the amber. Palynological data from the amber deposit precise the Turonian age and characterize the amber forest. Wood analysis and amber chemistry identify for the first time Cupressaceae conifers for Mid Cretaceous resin producers.