Abstract:Although Dominican ambers are known for their arthropod fauna, no systematic examination has ever been attempted of the plants they contain, even though plant remains usually are well preserved in ambers (Czeczott, 1960). Non-vascular cryptogams (mosses and lichens) also are commonly preserved, but apparently only two vascular cryptogams have ever been reported, both ferns from Baltic ambers Magdefra World found in amber.There are several deposits of amber in Central and South America, but the most famous New … Show more
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