Fig. 2: Genoveva Quarry, Archidona (Napo Region, Ecuador); Hollín Formation, 2022. | Communications Earth & Environment

Fig. 2: Genoveva Quarry, Archidona (Napo Region, Ecuador); Hollín Formation, 2022.

From: Cretaceous amber of Ecuador unveils new insights into South America’s Gondwanan forests

Fig. 2

a Working face of the quarry; white arrow indicates the amber level G1, lower Albian in age. b Fieldworks in the level G1; this level is the richest in amber of the quarry. c Detail of the level G1, showing the abundant amber pieces with plant debris it contains, formed in a lacustrine palaeoenvironment. Scale bar: 10 cm (c).

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