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Fossilized tree resins range from the Carboniferous to Recent times. Deposits of fossil amber are known from the Lower Cretaceous to Early Tertiary times, and are generally products derived from the extinct conifer Pinus succinifera. The most famous deposits are from the Baltic, in which a renewed commercial interest has been shown following the opening-up of the Eastern Europe market and commercial access to localities of derived (allochthonous) deposits. The palaeobiological significance of amber deposits as a media for the exceptional preservation of a fossil assemblage (Fossil-Lagerstätten) has been briefly reviewed by Schlüter (1990), and appraised in popular fashion by Poinar and Poinar (1994).
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Green, O.R. (2001). Preparation of Amber Specimens Containing Fossils. In: A Manual of Practical Laboratory and Field Techniques in Palaeobiology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0581-3_23
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