Burmese amber, Hkamti amber (SNHM collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

Also known as Khamti

Where: Sagaing, Myanmar (25.7° N, 95.8° E: paleocoordinates 10.9° N, 98.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Albian (112.0 - 109.0 Ma)

• Zircon analyses (n = 143) of four tuff samples that host the amber deposit in different pits yielded a weighted-mean age of 109.7 ± 0.4 Ma.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original chitin, amber

Collection methods: Repository: Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum Braunschweig, Germany

Primary reference: M. Brazidec, F. Legendre, and V. Perrichot. 2023. Diversity and phylogeny of the extinct wasp subfamily Lancepyrinae (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) revealed by mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 81:345-369 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 229858: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.04.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Hymenoptera - Bethylidae
Azepyris delamarrei n. gen. n. sp.
Azepyris delamarrei n. gen. n. sp. Brazidec et al. 2023 flat wasp
SNHM-6001