Unusual concentration of Early Albian arthropod-bearing amber in the Basque-Cantabrian Basi (El Soplao, Cantabria, Northern Spain): Palaeoenvironmental and palaeobiological implications

Unusual concentration of Early Albian arthropod-bearing amber in the Basque-Cantabrian Basi (El Soplao, Cantabria, Northern Spain): Palaeoenvironmental and palaeobiological implications

The El Soplao site is a recently-discovered Early Albian locality of the Basque-Cantabrian Basin (northern Spain) that has yielded a number of amber pieces with abundant bioinclusions. The amber-bearing deposit occurs in a non-marine to transitional marine siliciclastic unit (Las Peñosas Formation)...

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Main Authors: M. NAJARRO, E. PEÑALVER, I. ROSALES, R. PÉREZ-DE-LA-FUENTE, V. DAVIERO-GOMEZ, B. GÓMEZ, Xavier Declós
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Geociències Barcelona (Geo3BCN), Institut de Diagnosi Ambiental i Estudis de l'Aigua (IDAEA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) 2009-01-01
Series:Geologica Acta
Subjects:
Arthropod bioinclusions
Fossil resin
Plant cuticles
Lower Albian
Spain.
Online Access:https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/GEOACTA/article/view/1935

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