The French ambers: a general conspectus and the Lowermost Eocene amber deposit of Le Quesnoy in the Paris Basin
Aconspectus of the current knowledge on the French ambers is proposed. France is a very rich country with more than seventy localities known after the 'old' literature, especially from the Jurassic, Cretaceous and Paleogene. A more detailed new insectiferous amber locality is given for the...
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Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Geociències Barcelona (Geo3BCN), Institut de Diagnosi Ambiental i Estudis de l'Aigua (IDAEA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
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| author | André Nel Gaėl De Ploëg Jacqueline Milliet Jean-Jacques Menier Alain Waller |
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| description | Aconspectus of the current knowledge on the French ambers is proposed. France is a very rich country with more than seventy localities known after the 'old' literature, especially from the Jurassic, Cretaceous and Paleogene. A more detailed new insectiferous amber locality is given for the amber from Le Quesnoy (Lowermost Eocene, Oise department, Paris Basin, France). After the preliminary survey of the flora and the vertebrate and arthropod faunas, we propose a reconstruction of a fluvio-lacustrine palaeoenvironment with a forest, under a warm and wet seasonal climate. This site is outstanding because of the richness, diversity and the state of preservation of the fossils. The present discovery opens a remarkable window on the terrestrial life during the earliest Eocene. It shows that future researches on the 'old' French amber localities shall be crucial for our knowledge on the evolution and diversity of the insects during the Mesozoic and Early Cenozoic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-76cedd18c2014521b31f8039ee48bede2023-10-20T07:07:48ZengUniversitat de Barcelona (UB), Geociències Barcelona (Geo3BCN), Institut de Diagnosi Ambiental i Estudis de l'Aigua (IDAEA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)Geologica Acta1696-57282004-01-012110.1344/105.000001628The French ambers: a general conspectus and the Lowermost Eocene amber deposit of Le Quesnoy in the Paris BasinAndré Nel0Gaėl De Ploëg1Jacqueline Milliet2Jean-Jacques Menier3Alain Waller4Laboratoire d’Entomologie and CNRS UMR 8569, Muséum National d’Histoire NaturelleLaboratoire d’Entomologie and CNRS UMR 8569, Muséum National d’Histoire NaturelleLaboratoire d’Entomologie and CNRS UMR 8569, Muséum National d’Histoire NaturelleLaboratoire d’Entomologie and CNRS UMR 8569, Muséum National d’Histoire NaturelleLaboratoire d’Entomologie and CNRS UMR 8569, Muséum National d’Histoire NaturelleAconspectus of the current knowledge on the French ambers is proposed. France is a very rich country with more than seventy localities known after the 'old' literature, especially from the Jurassic, Cretaceous and Paleogene. A more detailed new insectiferous amber locality is given for the amber from Le Quesnoy (Lowermost Eocene, Oise department, Paris Basin, France). After the preliminary survey of the flora and the vertebrate and arthropod faunas, we propose a reconstruction of a fluvio-lacustrine palaeoenvironment with a forest, under a warm and wet seasonal climate. This site is outstanding because of the richness, diversity and the state of preservation of the fossils. The present discovery opens a remarkable window on the terrestrial life during the earliest Eocene. It shows that future researches on the 'old' French amber localities shall be crucial for our knowledge on the evolution and diversity of the insects during the Mesozoic and Early Cenozoic.https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/GEOACTA/article/view/1827 |
| spellingShingle | André Nel Gaėl De Ploëg Jacqueline Milliet Jean-Jacques Menier Alain Waller The French ambers: a general conspectus and the Lowermost Eocene amber deposit of Le Quesnoy in the Paris Basin Geologica Acta |
| title | The French ambers: a general conspectus and the Lowermost Eocene amber deposit of Le Quesnoy in the Paris Basin |
| title_full | The French ambers: a general conspectus and the Lowermost Eocene amber deposit of Le Quesnoy in the Paris Basin |
| title_fullStr | The French ambers: a general conspectus and the Lowermost Eocene amber deposit of Le Quesnoy in the Paris Basin |
| title_full_unstemmed | The French ambers: a general conspectus and the Lowermost Eocene amber deposit of Le Quesnoy in the Paris Basin |
| title_short | The French ambers: a general conspectus and the Lowermost Eocene amber deposit of Le Quesnoy in the Paris Basin |
| title_sort | french ambers a general conspectus and the lowermost eocene amber deposit of le quesnoy in the paris basin |
| url | https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/GEOACTA/article/view/1827 |
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