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: Laboratory of Systematic Zoology in the Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology (LSZ DIZP), University of Gdańsk, Poland
Primary reference: W. Giłka, E. A. Makarchenko, M. K. Pankowski and M. Zakrzewska. 2019. Myanmaro primus gen. et sp. nov., the first orthoclad (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Cretaceous Burmese amber. Zootaxa 4565:61-70 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 200099: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.03.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Burmochlus madmaxi n. gen. n. sp., Myanmaro primus n. gen. n. sp.
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