Burmese amber (Vitali coll) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

Where: Myanmar (26.4° N, 96.7° E: paleocoordinates 12.4° N, 93.8° E)

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When: Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: amber

Collection methods: Repository: private collection of F. Vitali

Primary reference: F. Vitali and S. Ellenberger. 2019. Sparedrus archaicus n. sp., the first false blister beetle (Coleoptera, Oedemeridae) from Burmese amber. Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 19:23-27 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 204334: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.09.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Coleoptera - Oedemeridae
Sparedrus archaicus n. sp. Vitali and Ellenberger 2019 false blister beetle
Ditysparedrus serixioides n. gen. n. sp. Vitali and Legalov 2020 false blister beetle
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