Protoisotoma burma Christiansen and Nascimbene 2006 (springtail)

Collembola - Entomobryomorpha - Isotomidae

Full reference: K. Christiansen and P. Nascimbene. 2006. Collembola (Arthropoda, Hexapoda) from the mid Cretaceous of Myanmar (Burma). Cretaceous Research 27:318-363

Belongs to Protoisotoma according to A. Sánchez-García and M. S. Engel 2016

See also Christiansen and Nascimbene 2006

Sister taxa: Protoisotoma autrigoniensis, Protoisotoma micromucra

Type specimen: AMNH Bu 1074 A1, specimen 1, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection)

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