Burmese amber, Kachin amber (PCIP 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: Paleoentomological Collection, Instituto de la Patagonia, Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile (PCIP).

Primary reference: P. Kóbor, E. I. Faúndez, and M. Roca-Cusachs. 2023. The revision of fossil big-eyed bugs suggests a peculiar evolutionary history of a peculiar true bug family (Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Geocoridae). Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 103:531-543 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 232360: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.11.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Hemiptera - Geocoridae
Protogeocoris arcanus n. gen. n. sp.
Protogeocoris arcanus n. gen. n. sp. Kóbor et al. 2023 true bug
PCIP 0003