Burmese amber (National Museums Scotland 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
Collection methods: National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh (ex. Scott Anderson coll.)
Primary reference: W. Wichard, E. Ross, and A. J. Ross. 2011. Palerasnitsynus gen. n. (Trichoptera, Psychomyiidae) from Burmese amber. ZooKeys 130:323-330 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 123054: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Insecta | |
Tarachocelis microlepidopterella n. gen. n. sp.4
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Palerasnitsynus sp. Wichard et al. 2011 caddisfly | |
Burmantis zherikhini n. sp.3
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Archiaustroconops sp.5, "Archiculicoides andersoni n. sp." = Archiaustroconops andersoni5, Austroconops sp.5, "Leptoconops myanmaricus" = Leptoconops (Leptoconops) myanmaricus5
"Archiculicoides andersoni n. sp." = Archiaustroconops andersoni5 Szadziewski et al. 2015 biting midge NMS G.2010.20.24
"Leptoconops myanmaricus" = Leptoconops (Leptoconops) myanmaricus5 Szadziewski 2004 biting midge NMS G.2010.20.25(60)
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Furcobuchonomyia saetheri n. gen. n. sp.1
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| Malacostraca | |
Myanmariscus deboiseae n. gen. n. sp.2
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