The exceptional preservation of Aix-en-Provence spider fossils could have been facilitated by diatoms
Extracellular polymeric substances produced by lacustrine diatoms helped promote sulfurization and the exceptional preservation of arachnids in the Oligocene age Aix-en-Provence Formation, France, according to optical and electron microscopic analyses.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2022-04-01
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| Series: | Communications Earth & Environment |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00424-7 |