Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Scientific Aspects of Lebanese Amber
Introduction
Geological Setting
Age of Lebanese Amber
Plant Source
Nature of the Cretaceous Kauri Forest
The Shifting Face of Lebanon
The Types of Inclusions in Lebanese Amber
Monera
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia
Nematoda
Mollusca
Myriapoda
Arachnida
Hexapoda
Collembola
Archeognatha
Odonata
Ephemeroptera
Blattaria
Orthoptera
Isoptera
Psocoptera
Hemiptera
Neuroptera
Coleoptera
Thysanoptera
Trichoptera
Lepidoptera
Diptera
Hymenoptera
Vertebrata
Discussion
Symbiotic Associations
Insect Diversification and distribution
Extinctions: Generic lineages
Insect-plant Associations
Insect Population Structure Over Time
Comparison of Amber Taxa with Lebanese Fish Fossils
Cultural aspects of Lebanese Amber
The Early History of Lebanese Amber
Collecting Lebanese Amber
Other Resins, Copals and Gums from Lebanon and the Near East
Acknowledgments
References
Appendix: Description of Agathis Levantensis sp. n.
Index