Burmese amber (LMU Munich collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: amber

Collection methods: Repository: LMU (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich)

Primary reference: D. Badano, M. Fratini, L. Maugeri, F. Palermo, N. Pieroni, A. Cedola, J. T. Haug, T. Weiterschan, J. Velten, M. Mei, A. Di Giulio and P. Cerretti. 2021. X-ray microtomography and phylogenomics provide insights into the morphology and evolution of an enigmatic Mesozoic insect larva. Systematic Entomology 46:672-684 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 220538: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.06.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Myriapoda
 Pleurostigmophora -
Lithopendra anjafliessae n. gen. n. sp.2
Lithopendra anjafliessae n. gen. n. sp.2 Haug et al. 2023 centipede
PED 1818
Insecta
 Orthoptera -
Gryllobencain patrickmuelleri n. gen. n. sp.3
Gryllobencain patrickmuelleri n. gen. n. sp.3 Haug et al. 2022 grasshopper
PED 0147, 0178
 Neuroptera -
Ankyloleon sp., Ankyloleon caudatus1, Ankyloleon caroluspetrus n. sp.1
Ankyloleon sp. Badano et al. 2021 lacewing
PED_0118, PED_0454; PED 1727, 1877a in Haug & Haug 2023
Ankyloleon caudatus1 Badano et al. 2021 lacewing
PED 2475, 2619
Ankyloleon caroluspetrus n. sp.1 Haug and Haug 2023 lacewing
PED 2038
1Haug and Haug 2023; 2Haug et al. 2023; 3Haug et al. 2022