@article{fdi:010037607,
  title = {{A}mber from western {A}mazonia reveals {N}eotropical diversity during the middle {M}iocene},
  author = {{A}ntoine, {P}.{O}. and {D}e {F}ranceschi, {D}. and {F}lynn, {J}.{J}. and {N}el, {A}. and {B}aby, {P}atrice and {B}enammi, {M}. and {C}alderon, {Y}. and {E}spurt, {N}icolas and {G}oswami, {A}. and {S}alas {G}ismondi, {R}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}ertiary insects and arachnids have been virtually unknown from the vast western {A}mazonian basin. {W}e report here the discovery of amber from this region containing a diverse fossil arthropod fauna (13 hexapod families and 3 arachnid species) and abundant microfossil inclusions (pollen, spores, algae, and cyanophyceae). {T}his unique fossil assemblage, recovered from middle {M}iocene deposits of northeastern {P}eru, greatly increases the known diversity of {C}enozoic tropical-equatorial arthropods and microorganisms and provides insights into the biogeography and evolutionary history of modern {N}eotropical biota. {I}t also strengthens evidence for the presence of more modern, high-diversity tropical rainforest ecosystems during the middle {M}iocene in western {A}mazonia.},
  keywords = {{P}ebas {F}ormation ; {P}eru ; {H}exapoda ; {A}rachnida ; microorganisms},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}roceedings of the {N}ational {A}cademy of {S}ciences of the {U}nited {S}tates of {A}merica},
  volume = {103},
  numero = {37},
  pages = {13595--13600},
  ISSN = {0027-8424},
  year = {2006},
  DOI = {10.1073/pnas.0605801103},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010037607},
}