Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Ellenberger 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

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original chitin, amber

Collection methods: Repository: private collection of Sieghard Ellenberger

Primary reference: W. R. Lourenço. 2012. About the scorpion fossils from the Cretaceous amber of Myanmar (Burma) with the descriptions of a new family, genus and species. Acta Biológica Paranaense 41:75-87 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 153583: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.12.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Strepsiptera - Phthanoxenidae
Kinzelbachilla ellenbergeri n. gen. n. sp.3 Pohl and Beutel 2016 twisted-winged parasite
In Phyletisches Museum (Jena)
 Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Ceratomyrmex ellenbergeri2 Perrichot et al. 2016 hell ant
SEC-BU39.003, BU39.004
Arachnida
 Solifugae -
Cushingia cf. ellenbergeri1 Dunlop et al. 2015 camel spider
 Scorpiones - Palaeotrilineatidae
Palaeotrilineatus ellenbergeri n. gen. n. sp. Lourenço 2012 scorpion