Burmese amber (Hebei University MHBU 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

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: amber

Collection methods: Repository: Museum of Hebei University, Baoding, China (MHBU).

Primary reference: Y. X. Yang, W. Zhao, M. Geiser, W. W. Zhang, M. Bai and H. Y. Liu. 2021. Review of the genus Burmomiles Fanti, Damgaard & Ellenberger from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera, Cantharidae). Cretaceous Research 128(104961) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 222554: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.10.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Coleoptera - Cantharidae
Burmomiles laticollis n. sp. Yang et al. 2021 soldier beetle
MHBU BU-COL-CAN0002
"Burmomiles bilineatimaculatus n. sp." = Elektrokleinia bilineatimaculata Yang et al. 2021 soldier beetle
MHBU BU-COL-CAN0001
Sanaungulus imparitibius n. sp.1 Yang et al. 2022 soldier beetle
MHBU BU-COL-CAN0004
Sanaungulus ruficollis n. sp.1 Yang et al. 2022 soldier beetle
MHBU BU-COL-CAN0005
Sanaungulus multiramus n. sp.1 Yang et al. 2022 soldier beetle
MHBU BU-COL-CAN0003
Brevipterus megacephalus n. sp.2 Yang et al. 2022 soldier beetle
MHBU BU-COL-CAN0008
Brevipterus obtusiapicis n. gen. n. sp.2 Yang et al. 2022 soldier beetle
MHBU BU-COL-CAN0006
Brevipterus acutiapicis n. sp.2 Yang et al. 2022 soldier beetle
MHBU BU-COL-CAN0007