Burmese amber (MNHW Wroclaw 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

• "reddish-orange amber..."or "transparent yellow amber"

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: amber

Collection methods: Repository: Museum of Natural History, University of Wrocław

Primary reference: P. Jałoszyński. 2019. †Cretohlezkus gen. nov. from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber demonstrates ancient origins of suctorial mouthparts in Eucinetidae (Coleoptera: Scirtoidea). Cretaceous Research 100:126-133 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 200768: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.04.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Coleoptera - Eucinetidae
Cretohlezkus alleni n. gen. n. sp.
Cretohlezkus alleni n. gen. n. sp. Jałoszyński 2019 plate-thigh beetle
MNHW1331
 Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Nuegua sp.
Nuegua sp. Yin et al. 2018 antlike stone beetle