Phloem sap in Cretaceous ambers as abundant double emulsions preserving organic and inorganic residues
Fossilized remains preserved in amber provide abundant data on the paleobiota surrounding the resin-producing plants, but relatively scarcer information about the resinous sources themselves. Here, dark pseudoinclusions in kidney-shaped amber pieces from the Early Cretaceous (Albian) amber from Spai...
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| author | Lozano, RP Perez-De-La Fuente, R Barrón, E Rodrigo, A Viejo, JL Peñalver, E |
| author_facet | Lozano, RP Perez-De-La Fuente, R Barrón, E Rodrigo, A Viejo, JL Peñalver, E |
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| description | Fossilized remains preserved in amber provide abundant data on the paleobiota surrounding the resin-producing plants, but relatively scarcer information about the resinous sources themselves. Here, dark pseudoinclusions in kidney-shaped amber pieces from the Early Cretaceous (Albian) amber from Spain are studied. This type of fossilized remain, abundant in Cretaceous ambers, was first interpreted as fossilized vacuole-bearing microorganisms, but later regarded as artifactual and probably secreted by the resinous trees, although their origin remained unclear. Using complementary microscopy (light, electron, confocal), spectroscopy (infrared, micro-Raman), mass spectrometry and elemental analysis techniques, we demonstrate that the pseudoinclusions correspond to droplets of phloem sap containing amber spheroids and preserving both organic and inorganic residues consistent with degraded components from the original sap. The amber pieces containing pseudoinclusions are fossilized, resin-in-sap-in-resin double emulsions, showing banding patterns with differential content of resin-in-sap emulsion droplets. Our findings represent the first time fossilized phloem sap, 105 million years old, has been recognized and characterized, and open new lines of paleontological research with taxonomic, taphonomic, physiological and ecological implications. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:161560f4-6869-4f75-8c64-849eb232eae32022-03-26T10:29:10ZPhloem sap in Cretaceous ambers as abundant double emulsions preserving organic and inorganic residuesJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:161560f4-6869-4f75-8c64-849eb232eae3EnglishSymplectic ElementsSpringer Nature2020Lozano, RPPerez-De-La Fuente, RBarrón, ERodrigo, AViejo, JLPeñalver, EFossilized remains preserved in amber provide abundant data on the paleobiota surrounding the resin-producing plants, but relatively scarcer information about the resinous sources themselves. Here, dark pseudoinclusions in kidney-shaped amber pieces from the Early Cretaceous (Albian) amber from Spain are studied. This type of fossilized remain, abundant in Cretaceous ambers, was first interpreted as fossilized vacuole-bearing microorganisms, but later regarded as artifactual and probably secreted by the resinous trees, although their origin remained unclear. Using complementary microscopy (light, electron, confocal), spectroscopy (infrared, micro-Raman), mass spectrometry and elemental analysis techniques, we demonstrate that the pseudoinclusions correspond to droplets of phloem sap containing amber spheroids and preserving both organic and inorganic residues consistent with degraded components from the original sap. The amber pieces containing pseudoinclusions are fossilized, resin-in-sap-in-resin double emulsions, showing banding patterns with differential content of resin-in-sap emulsion droplets. Our findings represent the first time fossilized phloem sap, 105 million years old, has been recognized and characterized, and open new lines of paleontological research with taxonomic, taphonomic, physiological and ecological implications. |
| spellingShingle | Lozano, RP Perez-De-La Fuente, R Barrón, E Rodrigo, A Viejo, JL Peñalver, E Phloem sap in Cretaceous ambers as abundant double emulsions preserving organic and inorganic residues |
| title | Phloem sap in Cretaceous ambers as abundant double emulsions preserving organic and inorganic residues |
| title_full | Phloem sap in Cretaceous ambers as abundant double emulsions preserving organic and inorganic residues |
| title_fullStr | Phloem sap in Cretaceous ambers as abundant double emulsions preserving organic and inorganic residues |
| title_full_unstemmed | Phloem sap in Cretaceous ambers as abundant double emulsions preserving organic and inorganic residues |
| title_short | Phloem sap in Cretaceous ambers as abundant double emulsions preserving organic and inorganic residues |
| title_sort | phloem sap in cretaceous ambers as abundant double emulsions preserving organic and inorganic residues |
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