Paleoethology : fossilized behaviours in amber

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Arillo, Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:85972
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/85972
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1344/105.000000301
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Amber
Paleoentomology
Amber fossils
Paleoethology
Paleobehaviour
Descripción
Sumario: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.