Cretaceous ambers from Hungary

Amber is fossilized tree resin, which has a unique importance since the beginning of the human history. The paleontological importance of amber derives from its special characteristics, i.e. it is one of the best preservational medium, thus amber can preserve tiny inclusions in the finest detail. We know several amber deposits in Hungary, our researches are primarily focused on Late Cretaceous ones (85 million years old), which are the so-called ajkaite from the Ajka Coal Formation and small fossilized resin drops found in the Csehbánya Formation of Iharkút.
The purpose of our research, currently executed by Márton Szabó, following the work of Zsófia Hajdu and Gábor Czirják, is to describe the inclusions and to determine the physicochemical properties of ambers by using the best available technologies. As a result of our research we can get a closer picture of the Cretaceous insect fauna lived together with the dinosaurs and other vertebrates discovered from the Late Cretaceous of the Bakony Mountains.