Rovno amber fauna: a preliminary report

Abstract

The conflicting views of Rovno amber being allochthonous, having been trans- ported to the Pripyat area during the Eocene from the north across the sea and thus deriv- ing from the same region as Baltic amber versus suggested local origins within the Ukrainian Crystalline Shield must have been tested by a comparison of inclusions of the Rovno and other ambers. The study of Rovno ants confirms Rovno amber being auto- chthonous.