Fossil Amber Syninclusions with Ants from Cretaceous to Paleocene

Six described cases of fossil amber syninclusions, where ants are preserved with other organisms, from three amber deposits spanning 99 to 23.03 million years ago. The dataset, authored by José de la Fuente, is a 20.3 MB PDF describing these multi-organism inclusions and their potential ecological interactions. It was last updated on March 18, 2026.

Use Cases

• Study ancient interspecies relationships based on described syninclusions of ants with mites, spiders, and plants.
• Analyze the temporal distribution of ant-associated organisms based on the three amber deposits (Baltic, Burmese, Dominican).
• Investigate potential ecological roles like commensalism or parasitism based on the described organism pairings.
• Model paleoecosystem complexity based on the multi-organism inclusions preserved in amber.

Strengths

• Includes six specifically described case studies of fossil syninclusions.
• Covers a temporal range from the Cretaceous (ca. 99 Mya) to the Oligocene (23.03 Mya).
• Documents interactions between ants and a variety of other organisms, including mites, spiders, wasps, and plants.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The 20.3 MB size suggests a small, documentation-focused dataset rather than a large structured data table.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author José de la Fuente.

Collection Method

Descriptive study of fossil amber specimens.

Time Range

Cretaceous to Oligocene (approximately 99 to 23.03 million years ago).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 07:41:09; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Amber deposits: Baltic (Paleocene/Eocene), Burmese (Cretaceous), Dominican (Oligocene).