Burmese amber (University of Ostrava 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
• "...inclusions in the piece are numerous frass pellets and wood fragments, further suggestive (besides body form) of arboreal/wood nesting habits of the ant..."
• "reddish-orange amber..."or "transparent yellow amber"
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: amber
Collection methods: Repository: Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Ostrava
Primary reference: P. Kočárek. 2018. The cephalothoracic apparatus of Caputoraptor elegans may have been used to squeeze prey. Current Biology 28:R824-R825 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 195541: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.08.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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Ellca nevelka n. gen. n. sp.2
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