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Amber forest ecosystem
The palaeontological collections are of particular importance in the study of biodiversity in earlier geological epochs. The pieces in the amber collection are currently being studied particularly intensively. The inclusions contained in the collection (insects enclosed in amber, other invertebrates, plant remains) make it possible to study the diversity during past epochs, e.g. the Eocene and Miocene, and to reconstruct the "amber forest" ecosystem.
Palaeoecological study projects
The micropalaeontological collections of the LIB Hamburg continue to play an important role in the research of the Palaeontology Department. They continue to be used by the Institute of Geology for research projects, as they provide unique reference material for the biostratigraphic organisation of the North German Basin. The Department of Palaeontology works closely with staff from the Institute of Geology on a number of smaller projects and in the context of teaching. These include, for example, study projects in which pollen and algal remains on the one hand and calcareous protozoa in the same drill cores on the other are examined in order to create as comprehensive a picture of palaeoecology as possible. A long-term research project of the Institute of Geology, in which the LIB Hamburg is also involved, includes studies on the development of biodiversity in the North Sea and its predecessor seas during the Cenozoic, i.e. during the last 65 million years.
Related collections
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Contact person
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- Management Museum of Nature - Geology/Paleontology
Phone: +49 40 238317 807
E-Mail: u.kotthoff@leibniz-lib.de
Projects
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Reconstruction of the dynamics of Cenozoic ecosystems in Europe based on arachnids preserved in amber
Management: Dr. Ulrich Kotthoff
Publications
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2025/11
New species of Cretaceous Locustopsidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera) from the Crato Formation of Brazil and a taxonomic revision of the family
Zootaxa, 4, 5722
2025/11
A new species of the Recent genus Amblyomma (Parasitiformes: Ixodidae) discovered in Dominican amber
Palaeoentomology, 6, 8
2025/10
Jahresrückblick - Museum der Natur
2025/10
1.2 Die Welt der fossilen Heuschrecken
2025/08
New species of Lechytia Balzan, 1892 (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) from Burmese amber highlights 99 million years of morphological stasis
Cretaceous Research, 172
2025/05
Organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts in biostratigraphy: state of the art and perspectives for future research
Newsletters on Stratigraphy
2025/04
The first Cretaceous Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera, Caelifera) from Burmese amber
Journal of Orthoptera Research, 1, 34
2025/03
New species of Burmese amber Elcanidae (Insecta: Orthoptera) suggest Gondwanan origin and demonstrate ovipositor diversity
PalZ, 1, 99
2025/02
Two new genera of Elcaninae (Orthoptera, Elcanidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber.
Journal of Orthoptera Research, 34
2025/01
Societal changes in Ancient Greece impacted terrestrial and marine environments
Communications Earth & Environment, 1, 6
2024/12
Jahresrückblick – Museum der Natur Hamburg: Geologie-Paläontologie
2024/06
Geologie in Hamburg – zwischen Land und Meer.
(Band 4)
2024/06
First fossil species of family Hyidae (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) confirms 99 million years of ecological stasis in a Gondwanan lineage
PeerJ, 12
2025
2024
Employees
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Benjamin Frenzel
zbm Geology - PaleontologyPhone: +49 40 238317 806
E-mail: b.frenzel@leibniz-lib.de