Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Yangtze University collection): Early Cenomanian, Myanmar

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Mecoptera - Eomeropidae
Burmothauma eureka n. gen., n. sp. Zhang et al. 2022
1 specimen
YU202101 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
Cretoloricera electra n. gen., n. sp. Liu et al. 2023
Liu et al. 2023 1 specimen
YU-CO-2022-002
Cretomigadops bidentatus n. gen., n. sp. Liu et al. 2022
Liu et al. 2022 1 specimen
YU-CO-2022-001
Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae
Lepidomma beuteli n. sp. Song et al. 2022
Song et al. 2022 1 specimen
YU191003 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Cupedidae
Mallecupes zhangi n. sp. Song et al. 2022
Song et al. 2022 1 specimen
YU191002 (1 measurement)
Mallecupes cheni n. sp. Wang et al. 2023
Wang et al. 2023 1 specimen
YU191009 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Mysteriomorphidae
Trapezioceps longelytrum n. gen., n. sp. Qu et al. 2023
Qu et al. 2023 1 specimen
YU-CO-2023-001 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Blattodea - Pabuonqedidae
Pabuonqed magna n. sp. Song et al. 2022
Song et al. 2022 1 specimen
YU191001 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae
Panorpidium maculosum n. sp. Zhou et al. 2022
Zhou et al. 2022 1 specimen
YU-OR-100001 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Orthoptera - Pseudogryllotalpidae
Tresdigitus gracilis n. sp. Jiang et al. 2022
Jiang et al. 2022 1 specimen
YU-OR-100002
Insecta - Orthoptera - Ripipterygidae
Burmaripipteryx oblongus n. gen., n. sp. Zhao et al. 2022
Zhao et al. 2022 1 specimen
YU-OR-100005 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Mimarachnidae
Cretodorus multifoveatus n. sp. Liu et al. 2022
Liu et al. 2022 1 specimen
YU-HE-2022-001 (1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:Myanmar
Coordinates: 26.4° North, 96.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:12.4° North, 93.8° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Cenomanian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 5
Key time interval: Early Cenomanian
Age range of interval: 100.5 - 93.9 m.y. ago
Age estimate: maximum 98.79 ± 0.62 Ma (U/Pb)
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: amber
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,amber
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Yangtze University (YU)
Metadata
Database number:224419
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2022-03-01 22:43:04 Last modified:2024-01-19 22:40:29
Access level:the public Released:2022-03-01 22:43:04
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
80411. K. Zhang, X. D. Zhao, A. S. Bashkuev and C. T. Xiao. 2022. The first eomeropid (Insecta, Mecoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber. Cretaceous Research 133(105140) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

83185 X. Y. Jiang, C. P. Xu, E. A. Jarzembowski and C. T. Xiao. 2022. A peculiar species of mole cricket (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber of northern Myanmar. Cretaceous Research 139(105273) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
83711 H. Liu, R. G. Beutel, K. V. Makarov, E. A. Jarzembowski, C. T. Xiao and C. H. Luo. 2022. The first larval record of Migadopinae (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Carabidae) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber, northern Myanmar. Cretaceous Research 142(105413) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
84900 H. Liu, K. V. Makarov, E. A. Jarzembowski, C. T. Xiao, and C. H. Luo. 2023. Cretoloricera electra gen. et sp. nov., the oldest record of Loricerini (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Carabidae: Loricerinae) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Cretaceous Research 148(105540) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
84096 X. J. Liu, C. H. Luo, Z. S. Song and C. T. Xiao. 2022. Cretodorus multifoveatus sp. nov., a new species of Mimarachnidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoroidea) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber of northern Myanmar. Cretaceous Research 144(105442) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
85364 J. Qu, E. A. Jarzembowski, C. T. Xiao and C. H. Luo. 2023. Trapezioceps longelytrum, a new genus and species of soldier beetle (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber of northern Myanmar. Cretaceous Research 151(105654) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
81757 Z. Y. Song, E. A. Jarzembowski, and C. T. Xiao. 2022. A new species of reticulated beetle (Coleoptera: Cupedidae) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber, northern Myanmar. Cretaceous Research 135(105186) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
81761 Z. Y. Song, E. A. Jarzembowski, and C. T. Xiao. 2022. A new scaly ommatine beetle (Coleoptera: Archostemata) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Cretaceous Research 135(105194) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
87405 Z. Y. Song, C. P. Xu, J. X. Li, E. A. Jarzembowski, B. Wang and C. T. Xiao. 2022. A new species of Pabuonqedidae (Blattaria: Mastotermitoidea) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Palaeontographica, Abteilung A: Palaeozoology - Stratigraphy 321:53-59 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
87247 L. Wang, Z. Y. Song, E. A. Jarzembowski and Q. Q. Lyu. 2023. A new species of the genus Mallecupes (Coleoptera: Cupedidae) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber, northern Myanmar. Cretaceous Research 156(105807) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
84092 J. Y. Zhao, C. P. Xu, E. A. Jarzembowski, Y. Fang, and C. T. Xiao. 2022. A new genus and species of Ripipterygidae (Orthoptera: Tridactyloidea) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber, northern Myanmar. Cretaceous Research 144(105429) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
81765 Q. Zhou, C. P. Xu, E. A. Jarzembowski and C. T. Xiao. 2022. A new species of Elcanidae (Insecta: Orthoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Cretaceous Research 136(105226) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]