Burmese amber, Kachin amber (F. Xia collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

Where: Myanmar (26.4° N, 96.7° E: paleocoordinates 12.4° N, 93.8° E)

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When: Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original chitin, amber

Collection methods: Repository: personal collection of Fangyuan Xia (Shanghai)

Primary reference: E. A. Jarzembowski and B. Wang. 2016. An unusual basal beetle from Myanmar (Coleoptera: Archostemata). Alcheringa 40:297-302 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 179937: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.07.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Coleoptera - Ommatidae
Stegocoleus caii Jarzembowski and Wang 2016 beetle
Two specimens figured (one later deposited in NIGP)
 Coleoptera - Psephenidae
Succinumanax birmaniasis Bao et al. 2018 water penny beetle
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