Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Damgaard collection) (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: collection of Anders Dagaard

Primary reference: S. Boucher, M. Bai, B. Wang, W. W. Zhang, and X. K. Yang. 2016. †Passalopalpidae, a new family from the Cretaceous Burmese amber, as the possible sister group of Passalidae Leach (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Cretaceous Research 64:67-78 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 178122: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.04.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Coleoptera - Passalopalpidae
Passalopalpus cheni Boucher et al. 2016 scarab beetle
 Coleoptera - Cantharidae
"Sanaungulus strungei n. sp." = Brevipterus strungei1 Fanti and Damgaard 2019 soldier beetle
ALDC0535/ALD.Bu.207
Elektrokleinia steffenseni n. sp.2 Fanti and Damgaard 2020 soldier beetle
ALDC0571/ALD.Bu.214
Burmomiles blixenae n. sp.1 Fanti and Damgaard 2019 soldier beetle
ALDC0530/ALD.Bu.206
Sanaungulus rosenzweigi n. sp.2 Fanti and Damgaard 2020 soldier beetle
ALDC0577/ALD.Bu.220
Sanaungulus troelsikloevedali n. sp.1 Fanti and Damgaard 2019 soldier beetle
ALDC0527/ALD.Bu.204
Sanaungulus christensenae n. sp.1 Fanti and Damgaard 2019 soldier beetle
ALDC0528/ALD.Bu.205
Sanaungulus fabriciusi n. sp.1 Fanti and Damgaard 2019 soldier beetle
ALDC0541/ALD.Bu.208
Sanaungulus lethi n. sp.2 Fanti and Damgaard 2020 soldier beetle
ALDC0570/ALD.Bu.213
Sanaungulus morellii n. sp.2 Fanti and Damgaard 2020 soldier beetle
ALDC0568/ALD.Bu.211
Poinarelektronmiles ellenbergeri n. gen. n. sp.2 Fanti and Damgaard 2020 soldier beetle
ALDC0578/ALD.Bu.221
 Coleoptera - Dermestidae
Attagenus lundi n. sp.4 Háva and Damgaard 2017 skin beetle
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 Coleoptera - Cyclaxyridae
Electroxyra cretacea3 Wu 2018 beetle
ALDC0395