Burmese amber (MGB 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: Laboratori de Natura of the Museu de Ciencies Naturals de Barcelona

Primary reference: D. Peris and J. Jelínek. 2019. Syninclusions of two new species of short-winged flower beetle (Coleoptera: Kateretidae) in mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber (Myanmar). Cretaceous Research 106(104264) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 205558: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.10.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Psocodea - Psyllipsocidae
Psyllipsocus yoshizawai n. sp.
Psyllipsocus yoshizawai n. sp. Álvarez-Parra et al. 2020 cave barklouse
MGB 89665
 Coleoptera - Kateretidae
Cretaretes minimus n. gen. n. sp., "Eoceniretes antiquus n. sp." = Protokateretes antiquus
Cretaretes minimus n. gen. n. sp. Peris and Jelínek 2019 beetle
MGB 87960
"Eoceniretes antiquus n. sp." = Protokateretes antiquus Peris and Jelínek 2019 beetle
MGB 87961