Biodiversity of ecosystems in an arid setting: The late Albian plant communities and associated biota from eastern Iberia

Acknowledgments The authors would like to thank Dr Rafael Lo´pez del Valle for the preparation of the amber pieces with arthropod specimens, Dr Juan Pedro Rodrı´guez-Lo´pez for his assistance in the fieldwork, Pepa Torres Matilla for her aid with the design of the figures, Dr Xavier Delclòs as supervisor of the PhD Thesis of SA´ P, Dr Luis Somoza (CN-IGME CSIC) for the financial sup- port (AYUDAS EXTRAORDINARIAS MENCIONES EXCELENCIA SEVERO OCHOA del IGME-CSIC) and the Direccio´n General de Patrimonio Cultural del Gobierno de Arago´n (Spain) for granting the permissions of excavation. We would also like thank the editor (Dr Enrique Peñalver) and the two anonymous referees who provided valuable suggestions for improving the quality of the manuscript. Author Contributions Conceptualization: Eduardo Barro´n, Daniel Peyrot. Data curation: Eduardo Barro´n. Formal analysis: Eduardo Barro´n, Daniel Peyrot. Funding acquisition: Eduardo Barro´n. Investigation: Eduardo Barro´n, Daniel Peyrot, Carlos A. Bueno-Cebollada, Jiřı´ Kvaček, Sergio A´ lvarez-Parra, Yul Altolaguirre, Nieves Mele´ndez. Methodology: Eduardo Barro´n, Daniel Peyrot, Jiřı´ Kvaček, Sergio A´ lvarez-Parra, Nieves Mele´ndez. Resources: Eduardo Barro´n. Supervision: Eduardo Barro´n. Visualization: Daniel Peyrot, Carlos A. Bueno-Cebollada, Jiřı´ Kvaček, Sergio A´ lvarez-Parra, Yul Altolaguirre. Writing – original draft: Eduardo Barro´n, Daniel Peyrot, Carlos A. Bueno-Cebollada. Writing – review & editing: Eduardo Barro´n, Daniel Peyrot, Carlos A. Bueno-Cebollada. References

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