Armoured Lepidopteran Caterpillars Preserved in Non-Fossil Resins and What They Tell Us about the Fossil Preservation of Caterpillars

Resin is a plastic-like product of trees. Older occurrences of such resin are referred to as amber and are considered fossil resin. Younger resins are termed copals. Even younger ones have been dubbed defaunation resins. Non-fossil resins remain in a terminological limbo, often referred to as “sub-f...

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Published in:Insects
Main Authors: Joshua Gauweiler, André P. Amaral, Carolin Haug, Joachim T. Haug
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-05-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/15/6/380