2015
DOI: 10.1111/boj.12365
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Abstract: The Baltic amber deposit represents the largest accumulation of any fossil resin worldwide and hundreds of thousands of entrapped arthropods have been recovered so far. The source plants of Baltic amber, however, are still controversial, and the botanical composition of the 'Baltic amber forest' remains poorly studied. Here, we provide the first unequivocal Baltic amber inclusions of the umbrella pine Sciadopitys (Sciadopityaceae), a genus that has been suggested as the source of succinite (the main variety of… Show more

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“…elevations of the earth surface above 600 meters, are unknown, except the narrow areas of the Scandes in the west and of the Urals in the east). This hypothesis explains the different life styles of coexistent members of the assemblage and their different dispersal abilities and generally correspond to botanical reconstructions of amberiferous forest as "swamps and riparian forests, as well as mixed-mesophytic coniferangiosperm forests" (SADOWSKI et al 2016).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 71%
“…elevations of the earth surface above 600 meters, are unknown, except the narrow areas of the Scandes in the west and of the Urals in the east). This hypothesis explains the different life styles of coexistent members of the assemblage and their different dispersal abilities and generally correspond to botanical reconstructions of amberiferous forest as "swamps and riparian forests, as well as mixed-mesophytic coniferangiosperm forests" (SADOWSKI et al 2016).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 71%
“…In the most recent studies by Sadowski et al (2016a, in press), this habitat heterogeneity was already suggested based on plant inclusions from Baltic amber, which served as “key taxa”, showing the presence of coastal and back swamps, riparian forests, and mixed‐mesophytic conifer–angiosperm forests. Open areas likely intermingled with the “Baltic amber forest”, indicated by inclusions of graminids and carnivorous plants (Sadowski et al, 2015, 2016b).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…Probable host trees were definitely present in the Baltic amber source vegetation as confirmed by needle and twig fragment inclusions of Pinaceae and Cupressaceae (Conwentz, 1886b, 1890; Caspary and Klebs, 1907; Czeczott, 1961; Sadowski et al, in press). On a specimen of A. groehnii , we found pinaceous pollen attached to the internode (Fig.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…Thus, we suspect that the rareness of fern inclusions in Baltic amber is not a taphonomic bias. Following the latest reconstruction of the Baltic amber forest, it was a heterogeneous landscape with coastal swamps, bogs, lowland swamps, riparian forests, and mixed conifer-angiosperm forest, intermingled by drier and light open patches (Sadowski et al, 2016a(Sadowski et al, , 2016b(Sadowski et al, , 2017a(Sadowski et al, , 2017b. The climate was most likely warm-temperate to temperate and relatively humid (Kaasalainen et al, 2017;Sadowski et al, 2017a;, so generally favoring terrestrial ferns but not epiphytic nor climbing ferns.…”
Section: Fern Diversity In Baltic Ambermentioning
confidence: 99%