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Morphological and organic spectroscopic studies of a 44-million-year-old leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in amber with endogenous remains of chitin

This study details the quality of preservation of amber deposits in the Eocene. Through Baltic amber crack-out studies using Synchrotron Micro-Computed Tomography and Scanning Electron Microscopy it was found that the cuticle of a specimen of leaf beetle (Crepidodera tertiotertiaria (Alticini: Galer...

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Autores principales: Mitchell, Jerit L., McKellar, Ryan C., Barbi, Mauricio, Coulson, Ian M., Bukejs, Andris
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10090159/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37041264
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-32557-w