Burmese amber (Mianyang University MYNU 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 class: mesofossils

Preservation: amber

Collection methods: Repository: Mianyang Normal University (MYNU)

Primary reference: L. Qiu. 2022. A new Blattoidea member (Dictyoptera: Blattaria) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar. Cretaceous Research 134(105171) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 224571: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.03.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Coleoptera - Elateridae
Cretocardiophorus laminatus n. gen. n. sp. Qiu and Ruan 2023 click beetle
MYNU FNo. 00002, 3, 4
 Blattodea -
Hypercercoula jiewenae n. gen. n. sp.
Hypercercoula jiewenae n. gen. n. sp. Qiu 2022 cockroach
MYNU FNo. 00001