Using Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy to Study Fossil Inclusion in Baltic Amber, a New Approach

摘要

We demonstrate that confocal laser scanning microscopy could be successfully used for rapid search of the organisms in the dark part of the amber samples. Combination of mid-infrared spectroscopy, confocal laser scanning microscopy and optical microscopy, allowed to identify and assess the quality of Baltic amber with fossil inclusion. Inclusion was identified as a spider from suborder Araneomorphae family Typhlopidae and it was struck by the mycelium.