RT Journal Article
T1 Amber from the Triassic to Paleogene of Australia and New Zealand as exceptional preservation of poorly knownterrestrial ecosystems
A1 Stilwell, Jefrey D.
A1 Langendam, Andrew
A1 Mays, Chris
A1 Sutherland, Lachlan J. M.
A1 Arillo Aranda, Antonio
A1 Bickel, Daniel J.
A1 De Silva, William T.
A1 Pentland, Adele H.
A1 Roghi, Guido
A1 Price, Gregory D.
A1 Cantrill, David J.
A1 Quinney, Annie
A1 Peñalver, Enrique
AB The Northern Hemisphere dominates our knowledge of Mesozoic and Cenozoic fossilized tree resin (amber) with few fndings from the high southern paleolatitudes of Southern Pangea and Southern Gondwana. Here we report new Pangean andGondwana amber occurrences dating from ~230 to 40 Ma from Australia (Late Triassic and Paleogene of Tasmania; Late Cretaceous Gippsland Basin in Victoria; Paleocene and late middle Eocene ofVictoria) and New Zealand (LateCretaceousChatham Islands). The Paleogene, richly fossiliferous deposits contain signifcant and diverse inclusions of arthropods, plants and fungi.These austral discoveries open six new windows to diferent but crucial intervals ofthe Mesozoic and early Cenozoic, providing the earliest occurrence(s) of some taxa in the modern fauna and fora giving new insights into the ecology and evolution of polar and subpolarterrestrial ecosystems.
PB Nature Research
SN Electronic: 2045-2322
YR 2020
FD 2020-04-02
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/8026
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/8026
LA eng
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN)/FEDER
NO Australian Research Council (ARC)
NO National Geographic Society
NO Comunidad de Madrid
NO Paleontological Society
DS Docta Complutense
RD 7 abr 2025