Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Knodel 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: collection of Herbert Knodel

Primary reference: W. R. Lourenço. 2021. Further comments on the elements of the family Palaeoburmesebuthidae Lourenço, 2015 with description of a new species of Spinoburmesebuthus Lourenço, 2017 from Early Cretaceous Burmite amber (Scorpiones). Faunitaxys 9(17):1-6 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 230226: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.05.2023

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Taxonomic list

Arachnida
 Scorpiones - Palaeoburmesebuthidae
"Spinoburmesebuthus knodelorum n. sp." = Betaburmesebuthus knodelorum
"Spinoburmesebuthus knodelorum n. sp." = Betaburmesebuthus knodelorum Lourenço 2021 scorpion