Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Steinhardt Museum 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: Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Israel National Center for Biodiversity Studies, Tel Aviv University, Israel (SMNHTAU-I)

Primary reference: D. Fabrikant and T. Novoselska. 2024. A peculiar large-eyed aposematic bug Miropictopallium coloradmonens n. gen., n. sp. (Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha: Yuripopovinidae) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Israel Journal of Entomology 53:1-23 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 234346: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.04.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Hemiptera - Yuripopovinidae
Miropictopallium coloradmonens n. gen. n. sp. Fabrikant and Novoselska 2024 true bug
SMNHTAU-I.442144, 442145