TY - JOUR AU - Álvarez-Parra, S. AU - de la Fuente, R.P. AU - Peñalver, E. AU - Barrón, E. AU - Alcalá, L. AU - Pérez-Cano, J. AU - Martín-Closas, C. AU - Trabelsi, K. AU - Meléndez, N. AU - Valle, R.L.D. AU - Lozano, R.P. AU - Peris, D. AU - Rodrigo, A. AU - Monteys, V.S.I. AU - Bueno-Cebollada, C.A. AU - Menor-Salván, C. AU - Philippe, M. AU - Sánchez-García, A. AU - Peña-Kairath, C. AU - Arillo, A. AU - Espílez, E. AU - Mampel, L. AU - Delclòs, X. T1 - Dinosaur bonebed amber from an original swamp forest soil LA - eng PY - 2021/11/01/ T2 - eLife SN - 2050-084X VL - 10 PB - eLife Sciences Publications Ltd AB - Dinosaur bonebeds with amber content, yet scarce, offer a superior wealth and quality of data on ancient terrestrial ecosystems. However, the preserved palaeodiversity and/or tapho-nomic characteristics of these exceptional localities had hitherto limited their palaeobiological potential. Here, we describe the amber from the Lower Cretaceous dinosaur bonebed of Ariño (Teruel, Spain) using a multidisciplinary approach. Amber is found in both a root layer with amber strictly in situ and a litter layer mainly composed of aerial pieces unusually rich in bioinclusions, encompassing 11 insect orders, arachnids, and a few plant and vertebrate remains, including a feather. Additional palaeontological data—charophytes, palynomorphs, ostracods— are provided. Ariño arguably represents the most prolific and palaeobiologically diverse locality in which fossil-iferous amber and a dinosaur bonebed have been found in association, and the only one known where the vast majority of the palaeontological assemblage suffered no or low-grade pre-burial transport. This has unlocked unprecedentedly complete and reliable palaeoecological data out of two complementary windows of preservation—the bonebed and the amber—from the same site. DO - 10.7554/ELIFE.72477 UR - https://portalcientifico.uah.es/documentos/61b4f99cff6ada1aa9a07437 DP - Dialnet - Portal de la Investigación ER -