Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Shanghai Normal University SNUC 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 class: mesofossils

Preservation: amber

Collection methods: Repository: Insect Collection of the Shanghai Normal University (SNUC)

Primary reference: Z. W. Yin, C. Y. Cai, D. Y. Huang and L. Z. Li. 2017. Specialized adaptations for springtail predation in Mesozoic beetles. Scientific Reports 7(98):1-7 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 184509: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.03.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Coleoptera - Jacobsoniidae
Sarothrias cretaceus1 Cai et al. 2017 beetle
SNUC-Paleo-0001
 Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Protodasycerus gigas n. sp.11, Protodasycerus aenigmaticus11, Protodasycerus corpulentus n. sp.11, Cedasyrus dimorphus n. gen. n. sp.11, Coomania yini n. sp.2, Coomania megistos n. sp.2, Coomania enkarsios n. sp.2, Burmagluta rougemonti n. gen. n. sp.5, Cretobrachygluta laurasiensis n. gen. n. sp.10, Megabythinus spinitibialis n. gen. n. sp.12, Archemastax divida15, "Cascomastigus sp." = Clidicostigus, "Clidicostigus arachnipes" = Clidicostigus arachnipes17, "Cascomastigus monstrabilis n. gen. n. sp." = Clidicostigus arachnipes, "Cretoleptochromus burmiticus n. sp." = Clidicus burmiticus8, Pangusyndicus excavatus n. gen. n. sp.16, Scydmobisetia vetutissima14, Scydmobisetia loebli n. sp.14, Scydmobisetia mengjiae n. sp.14, Nuegua elongata n. gen. n. sp.6, Kuafu borealis n. gen. n. sp.7, Scydmaenus linqibini n. sp.13, Scydmaenus minor n. sp.4, Hapsomela sp.3, Hapsomela minor n. sp.3, Hapsomela burmitis3, Hapsomela tibialis n. sp.3
Protodasycerus gigas n. sp.11 Yin and Cai 2020 rove beetle
SNUC-Paleo-0063, 0064, 0066-0068
Protodasycerus aenigmaticus11 Yamamoto 2016 rove beetle
SNUC-Paleo-0052-0061, 0079-0082
Protodasycerus corpulentus n. sp.11 Yin and Cai 2020 rove beetle
SNUC-Paleo-0062
Cedasyrus dimorphus n. gen. n. sp.11 Yin and Cai 2020 rove beetle
SNUC-Paleo-0047, 0048-0051, 0077
Coomania yini n. sp.2 Jenkins Shaw et al. 2022 rove beetle
SNUC-Paleo-107
Coomania megistos n. sp.2 Jenkins Shaw et al. 2022 rove beetle
SNUC-Paleo-0104
Coomania enkarsios n. sp.2 Jenkins Shaw et al. 2022 rove beetle
SNUC-Paleo-0105, 0106
Burmagluta rougemonti n. gen. n. sp.5 Yin and Cai 2021 rove beetle
SNUC-Paleo-0101
Cretobrachygluta laurasiensis n. gen. n. sp.10 Yin et al. 2019 rove beetle
SNUC-Paleo-0076
Megabythinus spinitibialis n. gen. n. sp.12 Yin et al. 2021 rove beetle
SNUC-Paleo-0086
Archemastax divida15 Yin et al. 2019 antlike stone beetle
SNUC-Paleo-0044
"Cascomastigus sp." = Clidicostigus Jałoszyński et al. 2017 antlike stone beetle
SNUC-Paleo-0006
"Clidicostigus arachnipes" = Clidicostigus arachnipes17 Jałoszyński et al. 2017 antlike stone beetle
"Cascomastigus monstrabilis n. gen. n. sp." = Clidicostigus arachnipes Jałoszyński et al. 2017 antlike stone beetle
SNUC-Paleo-0005
"Cretoleptochromus burmiticus n. sp." = Clidicus burmiticus8 Yin et al. 2017 antlike stone beetle
SNUC-Paleo-0010, 0011
Pangusyndicus excavatus n. gen. n. sp.16 Yin et al. 2018 antlike stone beetle
SNUC-Paleo-0013, 0014, 0015, 0022, 0028-0032
Scydmobisetia vetutissima14 Jałoszyński and Yamamoto 2016 antlike stone beetle
SNUC-Paleo-0036 - 0044
Scydmobisetia loebli n. sp.14 Yin et al. 2018 antlike stone beetle
SNUC-Paleo-0034
Scydmobisetia mengjiae n. sp.14 Yin et al. 2018 antlike stone beetle
SNUC-Paleo-0035
Nuegua elongata n. gen. n. sp.6 Yin et al. 2018 antlike stone beetle
SNUC-Paleo-0016, 0017-0021, 0023-0027
Kuafu borealis n. gen. n. sp.7 Yin et al. 2017 antlike stone beetle
SNUC-Paleo-0012
Scydmaenus linqibini n. sp.13 Yin and Zhou 2020 antlike stone beetle
SNUC-Paleo-0084, 0085
Scydmaenus minor n. sp.4 Yin and Cai 2019 antlike stone beetle
SNUC-Paleo-0078
Hapsomela sp.3 Poinar and Brown 2004 antlike stone beetle
SNUC-Paleo-0095 - 0100
Hapsomela minor n. sp.3 Yin 2020 antlike stone beetle
SNUC-Paleo-0092
Hapsomela burmitis3 Poinar and Brown 2004 antlike stone beetle
SNUC-Paleo-0087 - 0091
Hapsomela tibialis n. sp.3 Yin 2020 antlike stone beetle
SNUC-Paleo-0093, 0094
 Zoraptera - Zorotypidae
Zorotypus (Zorotypus) dilaticeps n. sp.9 Yin et al. 2018 winged insect
SNUC-Paleo-0033