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Fossil spiders in Baltic amber
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Fossil spiders in Baltic amber

01/07/2019

Anthonie Hellemond (Belgium) Spiders represent the most diverse group of obligate predators (that is, predators that feed solely on other animals) in terrestrial ecosystems today, with almost 48,000 extant species in 118 families described to date. The number increases annually by approximately 500 species as a result of new discoveries … Read More

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Sub-fossils in copal: An under-valued resource
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Sub-fossils in copal: An under-valued resource

05/10/2017

Dr David Penney and Dr David I Green (UK) Copal (derived from the Spanish copalli meaning incense), the precursor of amber, is subfossilised tree resin not old or polymerised enough to be classed as amber. Given that the transformation of resin into copal and then into amber is dependent on … Read More

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Fossil insects from the Lower Cretaceous of southern England
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Fossil insects from the Lower Cretaceous of southern England

15/12/2016

Dr James E Jepson (UK) It was over 150 years ago that the first major work began on the fossil insects of the Lower Cretaceous of England. The pioneers were Victorian naturalists, including the Rev Osmond Fisher, John O Westwood and, in particular, the Rev Peter Bellinger Brodie. 1845 saw … Read More

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