Earth:Charentese amber
Charentese amber is a type of amber that is found in sediments in the Charente-Maritime area of France . It dates to the late Albian to early Cenomanian stages of the mid-Cretaceous, around 100 million years ago. Charentese amber has been known since the early 19th century and was originally referred to as succin, succinic resin, or retinasphalt.[1] The amber is known for its high quality and preservation of inclusions, such as insects, plant debris and other organisms.[2] It is a valuable resource for paleontologists and other scientists studying the biodiversity of ancient ecosystems.[3] The amber is often, but not always, opaque, requiring the usage of X-ray microtomography in order to observe specimens.[4][3]
Charentese amber has unique geochemical properties such as high content of succinic acid, and a unique ratio of stable isotopes C13/C12, which make it a valuable tool for geochemical and climatic reconstructions of Cretaceous period.[5]
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- ↑ Penney, David (2010) (in en). Biodiversity of Fossils in Amber from the Major World Deposits. Siri Scientific Press. ISBN 978-0-9558636-4-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=YIb0_tXhT_4C&dq=Charentese+amber&pg=PA193.
- ↑ "Biodiversity of Fossils in Amber from the Major World Deposits". https://siriscientificpress.co.uk/products/biodiversity-of-fossils-in-amber-from-the-major-world-deposits.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Tihelka, Erik; Peris, David; Cai, Chenyang; Perrichot, Vincent (2022-01-20). "A Jacobson's beetle from Cretaceous Charentese amber (Coleoptera: Jacobsoniidae)". Geodiversitas 44 (3). doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2022v44a3. ISSN 1280-9659.
- ↑ Tihelka, Erik; Huang, Diying; Perrichot, Vincent; Cai, Chenyang (November 2021). Labandeira, Conrad. ed. "A previously missing link in the evolution of dasytine soft‐winged flower beetles from Cretaceous Charentese amber (Coleoptera, Melyridae)" (in en). Papers in Palaeontology 7 (4): 1753–1764. doi:10.1002/spp2.1360. ISSN 2056-2799. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/spp2.1360.
- ↑ Aquilina, Luc; Girard, Vincent; Henin, Odile; Bouhnik-Le Coz, Martine; Vilbert, David; Perrichot, Vincent; Néraudeau, Didier (2013). "Amber inorganic geochemistry: New insights into the environmental processes in a Cretaceous forest of France" (in en). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 369: 220–227. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.10.023. Bibcode: 2013PPP...369..220A. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0031018212006062.
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