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Issue: Vol. 9 No. 2: 29 Apr. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-04-29
DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.9.2.11
Page range: 189-199
Abstract views: 73
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Late Cretaceous amber from Jiayin (Heilongjiang Province, northeastern China) and wildfire events

State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Taipinglinchang Formation Campanian x charcoal Metasequoia-Trochodendroides-Quereuxia assemblage

Abstract

Cretaceous amber plays a key role in understanding the evolution of Late Mesozoic biotas and the changes in palaeoclimate and palaeoenvironment. This study reports Late Cretaceous amber from the Taipinglinchang Formation in Jiayin County, Heilongjiang Province, northeastern China, and presents its Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopic characteristics. These ambers are small in size, relatively concentrated on the bedding horizons, and associated with abundant charcoals, reflecting that wildfire events were responsible for the formation of the amber beds. Research on this amber occurrence provides important empirical materials for investigating the resin secretion characteristics of resin-producing plants and the palaeoenvironmental conditions of the Jiayin area during the Late Cretaceous.

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