Where: Kachin, Myanmar (26.4° N, 96.7° E: paleocoordinates 12.4° N, 93.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• 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
• Ron Buckley amber collection, Florence, KY
Primary reference: G. Poinar. 2006. Mesophyletis calhouni (Mesophyletinae), a new genus, species, and subfamily of early cretaceous weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Eccoptarthridae) in burmese amber. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 108:878-884 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 123429: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Palaeodisparoneura burmanica n. gen. n. sp.5
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Vetuformosa buckleyi n. gen. n. sp.3
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Doratomantispa burmanica n. gen. n. sp.9
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Mesophyletis calhouni n. gen. n. sp.
Mesophyletis calhouni n. gen. n. sp. Poinar 2006 weevil | |
Cascoscelio incassus n. gen. n. sp.10
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Longioculus burmensis n. gen. n. sp.11
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Arachnida | |
Geratonephila burmanica n. gen. n. sp.10
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Compluriscutula vetulum n. gen. n. sp.8
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Protoresinacarus brevipedis n. gen. n. sp.2
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Electrochaerilus buckleyi n. gen. n. sp.12
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Enoplea | |
Cretacimermis protus n. sp.6 Poinar and Buckley 2006
Cretacimermis protus4 Poinar and Buckley 2006 | |
Cretachordodes burmitis n. gen. n. sp.6
Cretachordodes burmitis n. gen. n. sp.6 Poinar and Buckley 2006 | |
Sordariomycetes | |
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Agaricomycetes | |
Palaeoagaracites antiquus n. gen. n. sp.7
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