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! ⛏️🌲🐝🔬🌍
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
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
🦟 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
🚨 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 🌲🌎
📢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👇
🌟Nueva especie descrita: Tethysthrips attenboroughi, dedicada a David Attenborough. 🌍
👥 Participantes: Enrique Peñalver, Eduardo Barrón y Ana Rodrigo del @MuseoGeominero
🔗 Accede 👇👇
#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
🚨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
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
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
📢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
📢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
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