Burmese amber (ZIN 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: Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia

Primary reference: A. G. Kirejtshuk. 2020. Taxonomic review of fossil coleopterous families (Insecta, Coleoptera). Suborder Archostemata: Superfamilies Coleopseoidea and Cupedoidea. Geosciences 10(73) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 207883: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.02.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Coleoptera - Ommatidae
Omma janetae n. sp., Polyakius alberti n. gen. n. sp., Burmocoleus prisnyi n. gen. n. sp., "Clessidromma zengi n. sp." = Kirejtomma zengi
Omma janetae n. sp. Kirejtshuk 2020 beetle
ZIN Cuped 004
Polyakius alberti n. gen. n. sp. Kirejtshuk 2020 beetle
ZIN Cuped 001
Burmocoleus prisnyi n. gen. n. sp. Kirejtshuk 2020 beetle
ZIN Cuped 002
"Clessidromma zengi n. sp." = Kirejtomma zengi Kirejtshuk 2020 beetle
ZIN Cuped 003