Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Sichuan Agricultural University SICAU 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: Department of Plant Protection of Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China (SICAU).

Primary reference: W. Yuan, C. J. Zheng, Y. N. Zheng, L. B. Ma, and J. J. Gu. 2022. The oldest representatives of tree crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Oecanthinae) from northern Myanmar. Insects 13(619) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 226623: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.07.2022

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Orthoptera - Ripipterygidae
Magnidactylus gracilis n. sp.2
Magnidactylus gracilis n. sp.2 Gu et al. 2022 grasshopper
SICAU-A-085
 Orthoptera - Pseudogryllotalpidae
Chunxiania fascia n. sp.1, Pseudogryllotalpa scalprata n. gen. n. sp.1, Petilus zhengi n. gen. n. sp.1, Unidigitus longialatus n. gen. n. sp.1
Chunxiania fascia n. sp.1 Gu et al. 2024 grasshopper
SICAU(A)-027
Pseudogryllotalpa scalprata n. gen. n. sp.1 Gu et al. 2024 grasshopper
SICAU(A)-066
Petilus zhengi n. gen. n. sp.1 Gu et al. 2024 grasshopper
SICAU(A)-055
Unidigitus longialatus n. gen. n. sp.1 Gu et al. 2024 grasshopper
SICAU(A)-048
 Orthoptera - Oecanthidae
Ordicalcaratus inconditus n. gen. n. sp.5, Crassicorpus maculatus n. gen. n. sp.5, Apiculatus cretaceus n. gen. n. sp., Birmanioecanthus haplostichus n. gen. n. sp.
Ordicalcaratus inconditus n. gen. n. sp.5 Zheng et al. 2023 tree cricket
SCAU-A-140
Crassicorpus maculatus n. gen. n. sp.5 Zheng et al. 2023 tree cricket
SCAU-A-139
Apiculatus cretaceus n. gen. n. sp. Yuan et al. 2022 tree cricket
SICAU(A)-113
Birmanioecanthus haplostichus n. gen. n. sp. Yuan et al. 2022 tree cricket
SICAU(A)-107
 Orthoptera - Trigonidiidae
Qiongqi crinalis n. gen. n. sp.4, Tricalcaratus longilineus n. gen. n. sp.3, Birmaninemobius hirsutus3, Palaeotrigonidium concavoculus n. gen. n. sp.3, Palaeotrigonidium defectivus n. sp.3
Qiongqi crinalis n. gen. n. sp.4 Yuan et al. 2023 grasshopper
SCAU(A)-165
Tricalcaratus longilineus n. gen. n. sp.3 Gu et al. 2024 grasshopper
SICAU(A)-146
Birmaninemobius hirsutus3 Xu et al. 2020 grasshopper
SICAU(A)-163
Palaeotrigonidium concavoculus n. gen. n. sp.3 Gu et al. 2024 grasshopper
SICAU(A)-144
Palaeotrigonidium defectivus n. sp.3 Gu et al. 2024 grasshopper
SICAU(A)-008
1Gu et al. 2024; 2Gu et al. 2022; 3Gu et al. 2024; 4Yuan et al. 2023; 5Zheng et al. 2023