Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Identification of Carboniferous (320 Million Years Old) Class Ic Amber. |
| Authors: |
Bray, P. Sargent, Anderson, Ken B. |
| Source: |
Science (pre-March 2025). 10/2/2009, Vol. 326 Issue 5949, p132-134. 3p. |
| Subjects: |
Amber fossils, Carboniferous stratigraphic geology, Rock analysis, Fossil resins, Plant product synthesis, Fossil conifers, Biological divergence, Plant evolution |
| Abstract: |
The presence of amber, the fossil form of the resins produced by many types of higher plants, has been reported from many localities in Mesozoic and Cenozoic rocks. We have found Class I (polylabdanoid) amber in Carboniferous sediments dating to ∼320 million years ago. This result demonstrates that preconifer gymnosperms evolved the biosynthetic mechanisms to produce complex polyterpenoid resins earlier than previously believed and that the biosynthetic pathways leading to the types of polylabdanoid resins that are now typically found in conifers and those now typically found in angiosperms had already diverged by the Carboniferous. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
