Burmese amber, Kachin amber (BRSMG collection) (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 classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original chitin, amber

Collection methods: Repository: Geological Collections, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery (BRSMG)

Primary reference: Y. H. Liu, E. Tihelka, T. C. McElrath, S. Yamamoto, A., B. Wang, D. Ren and H. Pang. 2019. New minute clubbed beetles (Coleoptera, Monotomidae, Lenacini) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar. Cretaceous Research 107(104255) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 206293: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.11.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Coleoptera - Monotomidae
Cretolenax diabolus n. sp., Lenax karenae
Cretolenax diabolus n. sp. Tihelka et al. 2019 root eating beetle
BRSMG CE9818-07
Lenax karenae Liu et al. 2019 root eating beetle
BRSMG CE9818-05