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Article: An unusual occurrence of amber in laminated limestones: the Crato Formation Lagerstätte (Early Cretaceous) of Brazil

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 48
Part: 6
Publication Date: November 2005
Page(s): 1399 1408
Author(s): David M. Martill, Robert F. Loveridge, José Artur Ferreira Gomes de Andrade and Andre Herzog Cardoso
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MARTILL, D. M., LOVERIDGE, R. F., DE ANDRADE, J., CARDOSO, A. 2005. An unusual occurrence of amber in laminated limestones: the Crato Formation Lagerstätte (Early Cretaceous) of Brazil. Palaeontology48, 6, 1399–1408.

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Abstract

Sub-ellipsoidal to irregular clasts of amber occur within millimetrically laminated limestones of the Nova Olinda Member, Crato Formation (Early Cretaceous, ?Aptian) of the Araripe Basin in Ceara, north-east Brazil. The amber is associated with resin-filled cones, foliage and palynomorphs attributed to the Araucariaceae and may be referred to Brachyphyllum sp., cf. Wollemia sp. and cf. Agathis sp. Irregular, septate tubular structures may represent microinclusions and are considered to be fungal hyphae.
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