Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Beijing Forestry University BFU 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: Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China (BFU)

Primary reference: A. G. Kirejtshuk, J. Jenkins Shaw, and I. S. Smirnov. 2023. A new subgenus of the genus Phenolia (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae) from Myanmar Cretaceous amber with taxonomic, phylogenetic and bionomic notes on the 'nitidulid' group of families. Insects 14(647) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 230844: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.07.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Coleoptera - Nitidulidae
Phenolia (Palaeoronia) haoranae n. sp.
Phenolia (Palaeoronia) haoranae n. sp. Kirejtshuk and Jenkins Shaw 2023 sap beetle
(BJFC)HE2023001
 Coleoptera - Smicripidae
Mesosmicrips sunae n. sp.2
Mesosmicrips sunae n. sp.2 Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2023 palmetto beetle
 Hymenoptera - Stephanidae
Tumidistephanus prometheus n. gen. n. sp.1
Tumidistephanus prometheus n. gen. n. sp.1 Ge and Tan 2023 crown wasp
1Ge et al. 2023; 2Lyubarsky et al. 2023