Unlocking preservation bias in the amber insect fossil record through experimental decay

• Victoria E. McCoy ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: vmccoy@uni-bonn.de (VEM); sg21@le.ac.uk (SEG)

  Affiliations School of Geography, Geology and Environment, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom, Steinmann-Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie und Paläontologie, Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2723-0290

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• Carmen Soriano,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, United States of America

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• Mirko Pegoraro,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom, School of Natural Sciences and Psychology, John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Ting Luo,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

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• Arnoud Boom,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Geography, Geology and Environment, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

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• Betsy Foxman,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

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• Sarah E. Gabbott

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: vmccoy@uni-bonn.de (VEM); sg21@le.ac.uk (SEG)

  Affiliation School of Geography, Geology and Environment, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

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