Amber with Insect and Plant Inclusions from the Dominican Republic

29 April 1960

journal article
research article
Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 131 (3409) , 1313
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.131.3409.1313

Abstract

An amber-bearing formation observed in the Dominican Republic in 1959 is described, and several insect orders, spiders, and plants found in amber are noted. An amber trace is recorded for Haiti, and the known fossil-bearing amber deposits or sites in the New World are summarized.