University thesis:
Dissertation, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 2017
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Description:
Amber is fossilized resin that was excreted by conifers or angiosperms. Plant and animal remains which got caught inside of these ancient resin flows are called ‘inclusions’ and are often preserved with high fidelity. Amber deposits which are remarkably rich in inclusions mainly occur in Cretaceous and Cenozoic sediments. The Eocene Baltic amber is a prominent example which constitutes the largest amber deposit worldwide and is famous for its plenitude of inclusions that mainly comprise arthropod taxa. This thesis, however, focuses on plant inclusions from Baltic amber, which are rare, and ...