Lebanese amber: a “Guinness Book of Records”
Lebanese amber: a “Guinness Book of Records”

Summary/Abstract: In Lebanon, amber is found in more than 350 outcrops. It constitutes the oldest and mostimportant amber with intensive biological inclusion. Formation of this amber corresponds toLowermost Cretaceous, a period crucial for co-evolution between flowering plants and insects.This period witnesses the first occurrence and radiation of angiosperms. Most of the timesbiological inclusions in Lebanese amber represent records of the earliest representatives ofmodern living insect families or the youngest ones of extinct families. A list of the describedtaxa from Lebanese amber is given.

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