Agathis vs. Hymenaea—trapping biases to interpret arthropod assemblages in ambers
These findings confirm different resin trapping patterns between Agathis and Hymenaea, with significant implications for interpreting the amber record. The fauna trapped by Hymenaea resin closely resembles the arthropod biocoenosis that live in and around the trunks, indicating autochthony and close relationship with the forest ecosystem, unlike Agathis resin. These results improve our understanding of arthropod trapping biases in resin and lead us to reconsider previously proposed interpretations of Cretaceous forest biocoenoses.
Authors
- Atahualpa S. Kraemer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8146-2124)
- David Peris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4074-7400)
- Romain Garrouste (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0880-5781)
- Mónica M. Solórzano‐Kraemer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3065-119X)
- Toni Monleón-Getino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8214-3205)
- Mélanie C.M. Herbert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6159-5349)
- Xavier Delclòs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2233-5480)
- Enrique Peñalver (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8312-6087)
- Maria Blake (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7769-327X)
- Antonio Arillo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4878-5797)
- Vincent Perrichot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7973-0430)
- Eduardo Barrón (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4979-1117)
Institutions
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid (ES)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- École Pratique des Hautes Études (FR)
- Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (ES)
- Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt/M (DE)
- Sorbonne Université (FR)
- Institut Botànic de Barcelona (ES)
- Géosciences Rennes (FR)
- Biodiversity Research Institute (US)
- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (FR)
- Université de Rennes (FR)
- Monash University (AU)
- Universitat de Barcelona (ES)
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (MX)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Biology
- Published
- 2025-11-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-025-02453-y
- Primary Topic
- Fossil Insects in Amber
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00