Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CZT Chen amber/Jiangsu University 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: Chen Amber Collection (CZT), Yangzhou, China; Jiangsu University of Science and Technology

Primary reference: Z. T. Chen. 2018. Pinguisoperla, a new fossil genus of Perlidae (Insecta: Plecoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Zootaxa 4425:596-600 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 194479: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.06.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Ephemeroptera - Australiphemeridae
Crepotamanthus spinitarsus n. gen. n. sp.20
Crepotamanthus spinitarsus n. gen. n. sp.20 Zheng and Chen 2023 mayfly
CZT-EPH-MA2
 Ephemeroptera - Leptophlebiidae
Crephlebia zhoui n. gen. n. sp.18, Kachinophlebia zhouchangfai n. gen. n. sp.15
Crephlebia zhoui n. gen. n. sp.18 Chen and Zheng 2024 mayfly
CZT-EPH-MA5
Kachinophlebia zhouchangfai n. gen. n. sp.15 Chen and Zheng 2022 mayfly
CZT-EPH-MA1; additional specimen in CZT-TRI-MA1
 Ephemeroptera - Heptageniidae
Burmaheptagenia zhouchangfai n. gen. n. sp.17 Chen and Zheng 2023 stream mayfly
CZT-EPH-MA5
 Ephemeroptera - Siphlonephemerellidae
Siphlonephemerella mupengxui n. gen. n. sp.16 Chen and Zheng 2023 mayfly
CZT-EPH-MA4
 Ephemeroptera - Oculephemeridae
Oculephemera mazhenxingi n. gen. n. sp.21
Oculephemera mazhenxingi n. gen. n. sp.21 Zheng and Chen 2024 mayfly
CZT-EPH-MA3
 Trichoptera -
Integripalpia indet.13 Martynov 1924 caddisfly
CZT-TRI-MA1
 Plecoptera - Peltoperlidae
Dewaltoperla edwardi n. gen. n. sp.11
Dewaltoperla edwardi n. gen. n. sp.11 Chen 2023 stonefly
CZT-PLE-MA14
 Plecoptera - Cavoperlidae
Cavoperla excavata n. gen. n. sp.12
Cavoperla excavata n. gen. n. sp.12 Chen 2023 stonefly
CZT-EPH-MA15
 Plecoptera - Perlidae
Perlidae indet.14 Latreille 1802 common stonefly
CZT-PLE-MA30
Pinguisoperla yangzhouensis n. gen. n. sp. Chen 2018 common stonefly
CZT-PLE-MA1
Burmacroneuria projecta n. gen. n. sp.5 Chen 2019 common stonefly
CZT-PLE-MA8
Burmesoperla expansa n. gen. n. sp.4 Chen 2019 common stonefly
CZT-PLE-MA6
Cretacroneuria angularis n. gen. n. sp.6 Chen 2020 common stonefly
CZT-PLE-MA9
Largusoperla borisi n. sp.3 Chen 2018 common stonefly
CZT-PLE-MA4
Largusoperla zhouchangfai n. sp.9 Chen 2022 common stonefly
CZT-PLE-MA12
Largusoperla dewalti n. sp.3 Chen 2018 common stonefly
CZT-PLE-MA3
Largusoperla difformitatem n. sp.2 Chen 2018 common stonefly
CZT-PLE-MA2
Largusoperla crassus n. sp.1 Chen 2018 common stonefly
CZT-PLE-MA5
Burperla decolorata n. gen. n. sp.7 Chen 2020 common stonefly
CZT-PLE-MA9
 Plecoptera - Kachinoperlidae
Kachinoperla zwicki n. gen. n. sp.10
Kachinoperla zwicki n. gen. n. sp.10 Chen 2022 stonefly
CZT-PLE-MA13
 Plecoptera - Perspicuusoperlidae
Perspicuusoperla lata n. gen. n. sp.8
Perspicuusoperla lata n. gen. n. sp.8 Chen 2022 stonefly
CZT-PLE-MA11
 Embioptera - Clothodidae
Henoclothoda simplex n. gen. n. sp.19, Gnethoda ancyla n. sp.19, Gnethoda symmetrica n. gen. n. sp.19
Henoclothoda simplex n. gen. n. sp.19 Cui and Engel 2020 webspinners
CZT-EMB-MA-1
Gnethoda ancyla n. sp.19 Cui and Engel 2020 webspinners
CZT-EMB-MA-2
Gnethoda symmetrica n. gen. n. sp.19 Cui and Engel 2020 webspinners
CZT-EMB-MA-4