Aquatic Insects in Baltic Amber

by W. Wichard, C. Grohn & F. Seredszus

NEW in November 2009, for European Release only

 

At first sight the embedment of aquatic insects in Baltic amber seems to be contradictive, as the insects live in water and amber originated from resin of extinct trees that grew in a Fennoscandian montane forest approximately 40 - 50 million years ago. About 25% of all animals found in amber are aquatic insects. The larvae of these amphibious forms lived in water whereas adults were frequently terrestrial and capable of flying. The Tertiary "amber forest" apparently contained a great amount of lentic waters, flood plains and flowing waters. The resin was washed out of dead wood and streams and rivers transported it to the sea where it became fossilized into amber. Without water, the genesis of amber would be impossible. The high number of aquatic insects in amber is connected with the process of its fossilization. As if in a complex "paleontological jigsaw puzzle" amber inclusions are combined together so that the whole mosaic of the nature of 40 - 50 million years ago can be reconstructed.

 

Bilingual text (English/German), 336 pages, bound, cloth with dust jacket, numerous colour illustrations and black and white drawings.

 

This is a particularly nice book for the experienced amber individual or the intermediate beginner. You can learn an exceptional amount and this will even help you ID the insects in your amber. The book is in German and in English - German on the right side and English on the left. Well worth the cost. This is one of the best books, without a doubt.

This is the only place that you can purchase this book in the USA.

 

Aquatic Insects in Baltic Amber

$59.00

 

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