Burmese amber (IBeS collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber

Collection methods: quarrying

• Repository: Institute of Bethylidae Systematics (IBeS) in Vitória, ES, Brazil

Primary reference: W. D. Colombo, F. T. Gobbi, E. E. Perkovsky and C. O. Azevedo. 2020. Synopsis of the fossil Pristocerinae (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), with description of two new genera and six species from Burmese, Taimyr, Baltic and Rovno ambers. Historical Biology 33:1736-1752 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 221971: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.09.2021

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Hymenoptera - Bethylidae
Uniceratops trex n. gen. n. sp.
Uniceratops trex n. gen. n. sp. Colombo et al. 2020 flat wasp
WDC F-2