100-million-year-old conifer tissues from the mid-Cretaceous amber of Charente (western France) revealed by synchrotron microtomography | Zendy

JeanDavid Moreau | Zendy; Didier Néraudeau | Zendy; Vincent Perrichot | Zendy; Paul Tafforeau | Zendy

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100-million-year-old conifer tissues from the mid-Cretaceous amber of Charente (western France) revealed by synchrotron microtomography

Author(s) -

JeanDavid Moreau,

Didier Néraudeau,

Vincent Perrichot,

Paul Tafforeau

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

annals of botany

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1095-8290

pISSN - 0305-7364

DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcw225

Subject(s) - biology , leafy , tracheid , taphonomy , cretaceous , neoteny , podocarpaceae , paleobotany , baltic amber , parenchyma , xylem , cuticle (hair) , paleontology , extant taxon , anatomy , botany , evolutionary biology , biochemistry , plant development , gene

Terrestrial plant remains in fossilized tree resin are relatively common. However, histology and preservation of plants entombed in Cretaceous ambers remain poorly known. We report an exquisitely preserved conifer leafy axis from 100-million-year-old opaque amber of western France that is assignable to Glenrosa carentonensis Moreau, Néraudeau, Tafforeau & Dépré. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the taphonomy and the use of microtomography for studies of palaeobotanical remains in amber.

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