Amberia Research

Amberia Research team - Amber from Iberia. We study amber geology ⛏️, geochemistry 🧪, taphonomy🌲, paleoecology 🏞️, bioinclusions 🐝, and more!

[Amberia Research @AmberiaResearch]

Hi everybody!

We are Amberia Research Group from @UniBarcelona and @IGME1849, with members and collaborators from other institutions. Our aim is the multidisciplinary study of amber.

Follow us if you want to know about amber, fossil insects, and more! ⛏️🌲🐝🔬🌍

[FundaciónDinosaurios @FDinosaurios]

Investigadores españoles abren la 1ª ventana en el tiempo a los bosques de hace 112 Ma (@La_SER @Nature)
Equipo multidisciplinar liderado por @xdelclos, el científico al frente del proyecto @AmberiaResearch, dedicado al estudio de estas resinas fósiles.
https://t.co/8SLlMKX7O4

[Museo Geominero @MuseoGeominero]

¡Un ámbar de 100 millones de años nos cuenta secretos de los bosques antiguos de Sudamérica!👀

[RTVE Noticias @rtvenoticias]

Encuentran un ámbar con restos de insectos del Cretácico.

La investigación estaba liderada por @xdelclos, de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Tierra de @UniBarcelona: "Nos dan una idea de cómo eran los bosques hace 112 millones de años".
▶#Canal24horas: https://t.co/0Ix6dDs3KF

[Cadena SER @La_SER]

Investigadores españoles abren la primera ventana en el tiempo a los bosques de hace 112 millones de años

Por @Marinaf3g0

https://t.co/ddtfaowpqQ

[ABC.es @abc_es]

🦟 Insectos de hace 100 millones de años atrapados en ámbar, el tesoro de una cantera de Ecuador descubierto por españoles

✍️ Informa @judithdj
https://t.co/4jVaB1dbLd

[Amberia Research @AmberiaResearch]

🚨 New #AmberArticle 🚨

"Cretaceous amber of Ecuador unveils new insights into South America’s Gondwanan forests". Just published in @CommsEarth

The discovery of an early Albian amber deposit with arthropod bioinclusions opens a new window to the Mesozoic of South America 🌲🌎

[Communications Earth & Environment @CommsEarth]

Cretaceous amber of Ecuador unveils new insights into South America’s Gondwanan forests https://t.co/F6CCkt83NI

[David Peris @David_Peris_]

📢TWO JOB VACANCIES!!
Interested in Paleoecology, fossil insects or plants? 🪲🌸
These temporary research assistant positions may be for you!

Join the #LabPaleoecology at the Botanical Institute of Barcelona (Spain).

Check details here👇

[Instituto Geológico y Minero de España @IGME1849]

🌟Nueva especie descrita: Tethysthrips attenboroughi, dedicada a David Attenborough. 🌍
👥 Participantes: Enrique Peñalver, Eduardo Barrón y Ana Rodrigo del @MuseoGeominero
🔗 Accede 👇👇

[IRBioUB @IRBioUB]

#ArticleIRBio Cretaceous Spanish amber: History, research and checklist of taxa. EPeñalver, AArillo, RlDel Valle, XDelclòs- Palaeoentomology, 2025
The study is a checklist of taxa described or cited from bioinclusions preserved in Spanish amber outcrops.
https://t.co/kb7YFJJepf

[David Peris @David_Peris_]

🚨New publication in @iScience_CP 🚨
Peñalver et al. describe diverse Mesozoic thrips carrying pollen during the gymnosperm to angiosperm plant-host ecological shift
https://t.co/OKIRjMThLR
@IBB_botanic @AmberiaResearch #LabPaleoecology

[Amberia Research @AmberiaResearch]

Evolutionary implications of a deep-time perspective on insect pollination 🌺🪲

@David_Peris_ et al. review the current knowledge on insect pollination of gymnosperm and angiosperm plants, highlighting the relevance of the study of the fossil record.

https://t.co/MgVii7kO39

[Amberia Research @AmberiaResearch]

A new Doctor in the team!!! Congratulations @cooonaa 🌷🦋

[David Peris @David_Peris_]

@cooonaa defended her PhD project today.
Congratulations for the Excellent grade!
Co-supervised with @xdelclos
#LabPaleoecology @AmberiaResearch

[David Peris @David_Peris_]

@cooonaa defended her PhD project today.
Congratulations for the Excellent grade!
Co-supervised with @xdelclos
#LabPaleoecology @AmberiaResearch

[David Peris @David_Peris_]

Almost there!
👉Plant pollination by insects from the Cretaceous ambers.
PhD dissertation by @cooonaa in one week!
@IRBioUB @AmberiaResearch
📅 19th of March
⏰ 15:00 hours
📍Ciències de la Terra, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

[David Peris @David_Peris_]

📢Paper alert!
Fossil record is fundamental to elucidating the origin and evolution of insect pollination, as well as informing on present-day plant–pollinator interactions.
Check it out in Peris et al. Biol. Rev.: https://t.co/PsvbPfEVAH
@IBB_botanic @CSIC #LabPaleoecology

[David Peris @David_Peris_]

📢Exciting Opportunity!! 🙌
We are hiring a reseach assistant!
Do you have experience in computerized tomography of insects and 3D segmentation? Come to work with us!
@IBB_botanic #LabPaleoecology @AmberiaResearch @DPE_CSIC

[David Peris @David_Peris_]

🚨Paper alert🚨
New paper on fossil #thrips preserved in #amber swarming during the Cretaceous. Thrips were gymnosperm #pollinators!
Part of the PhD project from @cooonaa

https://t.co/piO2GWjtqg

@IBB_botanic @AmberiaResearch #LabPaleoecology

[The PalAss @ThePalAss]

Overview of Psocodea in Eocene Oise amber and implications for the transition to modern-day barklice communities https://t.co/V36P9dSI5R @SrAmbarez @Le_Museum @ISYEB_UMR @AmberiaResearch #FossilFriday @wileyearthspace

[Amberia Research @AmberiaResearch]

@Carlosdino88 @El_Pakozoico Y lo que aún queda por descubrir 😱

[Amberia Research @AmberiaResearch]

Todos los hallazgos del ámbar cretácico de El Soplao explicados por @El_Pakozoico 🌲🐝🦖