Burmese amber (Lingpoge Amber Museum coll): Early/Lower Cenomanian, Myanmar

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Candonidae
Myanmarcypris hui n. gen., n. sp. Wang et al. 2020
Wang et al. 2022 31 specimens
BA19005-1-5, 11-36
Electrocypria burmitei n. gen., n. sp. Wang et al. 2022
Wang et al. 2022 7 specimens
BA19005-6, 7, 37-41
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Loxoconchidae
Sanyuania sp.
Wang et al. 2022 1 specimen
BA19005-8
Insecta - Orthoptera - Tridactylidae
Phyllotridactylus wangi n. gen., n. sp. Xu et al. 2022
Xu et al. 2022 1 specimen
BA19007 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Blattodea - Mastotermitidae
Anisotermes xiai n. gen., n. sp. Zhao et al. 2019
Zhao et al. 2019 1 specimen
BA32001 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Blattodea - Pabuonqedidae
Pabuonqed eulna Vršanský 2019
Vršanský et al. 2019 1 specimen
Insecta - Blattodea - Olidae
Ol xiai n. gen., n. sp. Vršanský and Wang 2017
Vršanský and Wang 2017 1 specimen
BA17100
Insecta - Alienoptera - Alienopteridae
Alienopteridae indet. Bai et al. 2016
Luo et al. 2022 1 specimen
BA17012
Teyia branislav n. gen., n. sp. Vršanský and Wang 2018
Vršanský et al. 2018 1 specimen
BA17011
Insecta - Mecoptera - Aneuretopsychidae
Burmopsyche sp. Zhao et al. 2020
Zhao et al. 2020 1 specimen
BA18002
Insecta - Trichoptera - Odontoceridae
Palaeopsilotreta xiai Wichard and Wang 2016
Wichard and Wang 2016 2 specimens
BA16001, BA16002 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Megaloptera - Sialidae
Haplosialodes liui Huang et al. 2016
Liu et al. 2017 1 specimen
BA17001 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Neuroptera
Electrocaptivus xui n. gen., n. sp. Badano et al. 2018
Badano et al. 2018 1 specimen
BA17101
Burmitus tubulifer n. gen., n. sp. Badano et al. 2018
Badano et al. 2018 1 specimen
BA12013
Insecta - Neuroptera - Babinskaiidae
Calobabinskaia xiai n. gen., n. sp. Lu et al. 2021
Lu et al. 2021 1 specimen
LPAM BA-NEU-002 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Neuroptera
Diodontognathus papillatus n. gen., n. sp. Badano et al. 2018
Badano et al. 2018 4 specimens
BA12011, 12012, 12014, 12017
Insecta - Neuroptera - Nymphidae
Nymphavus progenitor n. gen., n. sp. Badano et al. 2018
Badano et al. 2018 1 specimen
BA12015
Insecta - Neuroptera
Phyllochrysa huangi Liu et al. 2018
Liu et al. 2018 1 specimen
LPAM BA17003
Insecta - Neuroptera - Nevrorthidae
Cretarophalis patrickmuelleri Wichard 2017
Lu et al. 2018 1 specimen
LPAM BA17002
Insecta - Neuroptera - Mantispidae
Habrosymphrasis xiai n. gen., n. sp. Shi et al. 2020
Shi et al. 2020 1 specimen
LPAM BA18001 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Neuroptera - Dipteromantispidae
Kurtodipteromantispa xiai n. sp. Li et al. 2020
Li et al. 2020 1 specimen
LPAM BA-NEU-001 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera
Notocupes sp. Ponomarenko 1964
Li et al. 2023 1 specimen
BA202101
Insecta - Coleoptera - Cupedidae
Mallecupes qingqingae Jarzembowski et al. 2017
Jarzembowski et al. 2017 1 specimen
recombined as Mallecupes (Mallecupes) qingqingae
Figured specimen in Xia et al., 2015
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Dhagnathos autokrator Perrichot et al. 2020
Perrichot et al. 2020 1 specimen
XA01
Insecta - Hemiptera - Ortheziidae
Wathondara kotejai n. gen., n. sp. Simon et al. 2015
1 specimen
BA14011 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Inoderbidae
Ingensala xiai n. gen., n. sp. Luo et al. 2022
Luo et al. 2022 1 specimen
BA19006 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Procercopidae
Paranthoscytina xiai n. gen., n. sp. Fu et al. 2019
Fu et al. 2019 1 specimen
XFY10103 (2 measurements)
Burmocercopis lingpogensis n. gen., n. sp. Fu et al. 2019
Fu et al. 2019 1 specimen
XFY10104 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Sinoalidae
Fangyuania xiai n. gen., n. sp. Chen et al. 2018
Chen et al. 2018 1 specimen
BA16003; 19002, 19003 in Chen et al., 2019
Insecta - Hemiptera - Minlagerrontidae
Minlagerron griphos n. gen., n. sp. Chen et al. 2019
Chen et al. 2019 1 specimen
BA16001
Insecta - Odonata - Platycnemididae
Yijenplatycnemis huangi Zheng et al. 2017
Zheng et al. 2017 1 specimen
BA16200 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Eremochaetidae
Zhenia xiai n. gen., n. sp. Zhang et al. 2016
Zhang et al. 2016 2 specimens
BA02-15001, BA02-15003 (4 measurements)
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/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Cenomanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 5
Key time interval:Early/Lower Cenomanian
Age range of interval:100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago
Age estimate:maximum 98.79 ± 0.62 Ma (U/Pb)
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: amber
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "reddish-orange amber..."or "transparent yellow amber"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Geology comments: "...inclusions in the piece are numerous frass pellets and wood fragments, further suggestive (besides body form) of arboreal/wood nesting habits of the ant..."
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,amber
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Lingpoge Amber Museum (specimen currently housed at NIGP)
Metadata
Database number:167760
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2015-03-31 10:28:28 Last modified:2019-11-11 23:09:43
Access level:the public Released:2015-03-31 10:28:28
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
54803. B. Wang, F. Y. Xia, T. Wappler, E. Simon, H. C. Zhang, E. A. Jarzembowski, and J. Szwedo. 2015. Brood care in a 100-million-year-old scale insect. eLife 4:e05447 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

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