Burmese amber (ZMUC coll) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

Where: Myanmar (26.4° N, 96.7° E: paleocoordinates 12.4° N, 93.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

• "...inclusions in the piece are numerous frass pellets and wood fragments, further suggestive (besides body form) of arboreal/wood nesting habits of the ant..."
• "reddish-orange amber..."or "transparent yellow amber"

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: amber

Reposited in the SMNS

• Repository: Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (ZMUC)

Primary reference: F. Fanti, A. L. Damgaard, and S. Ellenberger. 2018. Two new genera of Cantharidae from Burmese amber of the Hukawng Valley (Insecta, Coleoptera). Cretaceous Research 86:170-177 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 192152: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.03.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Coleoptera - Ommatidae
Polyakius pubescens n. sp.
Polyakius pubescens n. sp. Kirejtshuk 2020 beetle
ZMUC ALDC0450/ALD.Bu.195
 Coleoptera - Cantharidae
Sanaungulus ghitaenoerbyae n. sp., Burmomiles willerslevorum n. gen. n. sp.
Sanaungulus ghitaenoerbyae n. sp. Fanti et al. 2018 soldier beetle
ZMUC ALDC0462/ALD.Bu.202
Burmomiles willerslevorum n. gen. n. sp. Fanti et al. 2018 soldier beetle
ZMUC ALDC0463/ALD.Bu.203