Burmese amber (J. Cornell FMNH 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

Reposited in the FMNH

• In J. Cornell private collection that will eventually be deposited in the Field Museum of Natural History.

Primary reference: S. Chatzimanolis, M. S. Engel, A. F. Newton and D. A. Grimaldi. 2010. New ant-like stone beetles in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Cretaceous Research 31:77-84 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123431: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Ektatotricha paradoxa
Ektatotricha paradoxa Chatzimanolis et al. 2010 antlike stone beetle
JD2164 and unnumbered specimen