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Fossil Parmelia in new World Amber

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2007

G. O. Poinar Jr
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA
E. B. Peterson
Affiliation:
Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA
J. L. Platt
Affiliation:
Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94729, USA

Abstract

Two new fossil species (Parmelia ambra Poinar, E.B. Peterson & Platt and P. isidiiveteris Poinar, E.B. Peterson & Platt) are described from Dominican amber. The potential evolutionary value of lichens preserved in amber is discussed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 2000

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