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Lebanese amber : the oldest insect ecosystem in fossilized resin / George O. Poinar, Jr., Raif K. Milki.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Poinar, George O.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Amber--Lebanon.
- Amber.
- Amber fossils--Lebanon.
- Amber fossils.
- Lebanon.
- Physical Description:
- 96 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- This extensively illustrated book, the first major review of Lebanese amber, covers all aspects of the highly valued resin, including its origin and its role as a commodity in ancient cultures. Paleontologists, biologists, and evolutionists will appreciate the book's new information, along with its summary of early research and its analysis of what amber fossils reveal about insect diversification, biogeography, extinction, and survival.
- Contents:
- Scientific aspects of Lebanese amber 12
- Geological Setting 13
- Age of Lebanese Amber 15
- The Study of Lebanese Amber 15
- Plant Source 16
- Nature of the Cretaceous Kauri Forest 21
- The Shifting Face of Lebanon 26
- Types of inclusions in Lebanese Amber 28
- Monera 28
- Fungi 28
- Plantae 31
- Animalia 32
- Nematoda 32
- Mollusca 33
- Myriapoda 33
- Arachnida 33
- Hexapoda 34
- Collembola 34
- Archeognatha 35
- Odonata 35
- Ephemeroptera 35
- Blattaria 36
- Orthoptera 36
- Isoptera 37
- Psocoptera 37
- Hemiptera 37
- Neuroptera 40
- Coleoptera 41
- Thysanoptera 44
- Trichoptera 44
- Lepidoptera 45
- Diptera 45
- Hymenoptera 60
- Vertebrata 63
- Symbiotic Associations 63
- Insect Diversification and Distribution 64
- Extinctions: Generic Lineages 66
- Insect-Plant Associations 70
- Insect Population Structure Over Time 71
- Comparison of Amber Taxa with Lebanese Fish Fossils 73
- Cultural aspects of Lebanese amber 76
- The Early History of Lebanese Amber 76
- Collecting Lebanese Amber 78
- Other Resins, Copals and Gums from Lebanon and the Near East 79
- Appendix Description of Agathis levantensis sp. n. 91.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-90) and index.
- ISBN:
- 087071533X
- OCLC:
- 48273779
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