Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Fujian University FAFU 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: Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China (FAFU)

Primary reference: L. Wu, H. Tang, L. F. Peng, H. F. Zhang, and H. R. Tong. 2022. The first representatives of Lucaninae from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber based on two new species of Anisoodontus gen. nov. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae). Cretaceous Research 135(105208) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 225722: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.05.2022

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Coleoptera - Lucanidae
Anisoodontus xiafangyuani n. sp., Anisoodontus qizhihaoi n. gen. n. sp.
Anisoodontus xiafangyuani n. sp. Wu et al. 2022 stag beetle
FAFU-AM-2018002
Anisoodontus qizhihaoi n. gen. n. sp. Wu et al. 2022 stag beetle
FAFU-AM-2018001