Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Patrick Müller collection): Early Cenomanian, Myanmar

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Arachnida - Araneae - Archaeidae
Burmesarchaea pseudogibber Wunderlich 2017
Wunderlich 2017 1 specimen
Burmesarchaea bilongapophyses n. sp. Wunderlich 2020
Wunderlich and Müller 2020 1 specimen
BUB-3560
Arachnida - Araneae - Vetiatoridae
Vetiatoridae indet. (Wunderlich 2015)
Wunderlich 2017 1 specimen
Vetiator gracilipes Wunderlich 2015
Wunderlich 2017 1 specimen
Arachnida - Araneae - Micropalpimanidae
Micropalpimanus ? poinari Wunderlich 2008
Wunderlich 2017 1 specimen
Arachnida - Araneae - Spatiatoridae
Spatiatoridae indet. Petrunkevitch 1942
Wunderlich 2017 1 specimen
BUB-93
Arachnida - Araneae - Eopsilodercidae
Propterpsiloderces cymbioseta n. sp. Wunderlich 2020
Wunderlich and Müller 2020 1 specimen
BUB-3418
Arachnida - Araneae - Burmorsolidae
Loxoderces sp. Wunderlich 2017
Wunderlich 2017 1 specimen
BUB-566
Arachnida - Araneae - Tetrablemmidae
Brignoliblemma nala n. gen., n. sp. Wunderlich 2017
Wunderlich 2017 1 specimen
BUB-84
Arachnida - Araneae - Leptonetidae
Palaeoleptoneta thilo n. sp. Wunderlich 2018
Wunderlich and Müller 2018 1 specimen
BUB-2791
Arachnida - Araneae - Zarqaraneidae
Crassitibia baculum n. sp. Wunderlich 2018
Wunderlich and Müller 2018 1 specimen
BUB-2789
Arachnida - Araneae - Uloboridae
Propterkachin magnoculus n. gen., n. sp. Wunderlich 2017
Wunderlich 2017 1 specimen
BUB-1132
Arachnida - Araneae - Salticoididae
Burmadictyna excavata Wunderlich 2015
Wunderlich 2017 1 specimen
BUB-92
Arachnida - Araneae
Mygalomorphae indet. Pocock 1892
Wunderlich 2017 2 specimens
BUB-370
Arachnida - Araneae - Hexathelidae
? Hexathelidae indet. Simon 1892
Wunderlich 2017 2 specimens
Arachnida - Araneae - Nemesiidae
Nemesiidae indet. Simon 1892
Wunderlich and Müller 2020 1 specimen
BUB-3419
Arachnida - Araneae
Mesothelae indet.
Wunderlich 2017 1 specimen
BUB-80
Arachnida - Araneae - Burmathelidae
Burmathele sp. Wunderlich 2017
Wunderlich 2017 1 specimen
BUB-81
Arachnida - Araneae - Eomesothelidae
Intermesothele pulcher n. gen., n. sp. Wunderlich 2019
Wunderlich 2019 1 specimen
BUB-3417
Arachnida - Ricinulei - Hirsutisomidae
Hirsutisoma sp. Wunderlich 2017
Wunderlich 2017 2 specimens
BUB-88
Hirsutisoma dentata n. sp. Wunderlich 2017
Wunderlich 2017 1 specimen
BUB-76
Arachnida - Opiliones - Phalangiidae
Phalangiidae informal indet. 1
Bartel and Dunlop 2023 1 specimen
BUB4516
Phalangiidae informal indet. 2
Bartel and Dunlop 2023 1 specimen
BUB3111
Arachnida - Opiliones - Halithersidae
Halitherses grimaldii Giribet and Dunlop 2005
Bartel and Dunlop 2023 5 specimens
Arachnida - Opiliones - Stylocellidae
Stylocellidae informal indet. 1
Bartel et al. 2023 1 specimen
BUB601
Stylocellidae informal indet. 2
Bartel et al. 2023 1 specimen
BUB1517
Stylocellidae informal indet. 3
Bartel et al. 2023 1 specimen
BUB3653
Stylocellidae informal indet. 4
Bartel et al. 2023 1 specimen
BUB1542
Malacostraca - Tanaidacea
Tanaidaurum kachinensis Pazinato et al. 2023
Pazinato et al. 2023 2 specimens
BUB 4227-1, 2
Myriapoda - Scutigeromorpha
Scutigeromorpha indet.
Wesener and Moritz 2018 3 specimens
BuB 63, 120, 625
Myriapoda - Geophilomorpha
Geophilomorpha indet.
Wesener and Moritz 2018 7 specimens
BuB 1997, 2660, 3063, 3065, 3287, 3288, 3290
Myriapoda - Scolopendromorpha
Scolopendromorpha indet.
Wesener and Moritz 2018 4 specimens
BuB 834, 2661, 3064, 3240
Myriapoda - Lithobiomorpha
Lithobiomorpha indet.
Wesener and Moritz 2018 1 specimen
BuB 3289
Myriapoda - Chordeumatida
Chordeumatida indet. (Cook 1895)
Wesener and Moritz 2018 3 specimens
BuB 0974, 1978, 2978
Myriapoda - Chordeumatida - Heterochordeumatidae
Heterochordeumatidae indet. Pocock 1894
Wesener and Moritz 2018 15 specimens
BuB 0642, 0833, 0899, 1141, 1410, 1411, 1412, 1823, 1827, 2685, 3022, 3030, 3051, 3056
Myriapoda - Polyxenida
Polyxenida indet. Lucas 1840
Wesener and Moritz 2018 4 specimens
BuB 2658, 2659, 2984, 3028
Myriapoda - Polyxenida - Polyxenidae
Polyxenidae indet. Lucas 1840
Wesener and Moritz 2018 4 specimens
BuB 634, 2612, 2961, 2966
Myriapoda - Glomerida
Glomerida indet. (Cook 1895)
Wesener and Moritz 2018 29 specimens
BuB 992, 1821, 2438, 2603, 2604, 2703, 2704, 2705, 2706, 2707, 2718, 2957, 2990, 2995, 2996, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3053, 3058, 3257, 3259
Myriapoda - Glomeridesmida - Glomeridesmidae
Glomeridesmidae indet. Latzel 1884
Wesener and Moritz 2018 2 specimens
BuB 2423, 3285
Myriapoda - Platydesmida - Andrognathidae
Andrognathidae indet. Cope 1869
Wesener and Moritz 2018 8 specimens
BUB-997, 1413, 2991, 3005, 3237, 3308, 3291, 3307
    = Andrognathus burmiticus Moritz and Wesener 2019
Moritz and Wesener 2019
Myriapoda - Siphonophorida
Siphonophorida indet. Newport 1844
Wesener and Moritz 2018 24 specimens
BuB 823, 982, 905, 1835, 1951, 1959, 1966b, 1970, 1971, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1991, 2605, 2973, 3019, 3035, 3036, 3037, 343, 3045, 3054, 3057
Myriapoda - Siphonophorida - Siphonorhinidae
Siphonorhinidae indet. Cook 1895
Wesener and Moritz 2018 12 specimens
BuB 1086, 997, 1123, 1150, 1822, 1838, 1842, 1845, 1851, 2979, 3243, 3283
Myriapoda - Siphonophorida - Siphonophoridae
Siphonophoridae indet. Newport 1844
Wesener and Moritz 2018 27 specimens
BuB 1030, 2243, 644, 73, 828, 978, 981, 984, 986, 1143, 1159, 2963, 2973, 2986, 2989, 2997, 3006, 3007, 3010, 3034, 3047, 3052, 3239, 3245, 3261, 3262
Myriapoda - Polyzoniida
Polyzoniida indet. (Cook 1895)
Wesener and Moritz 2018 21 specimens
BuB 112, 219, 913, 914, 919, 1031-B, 1994, 1996, 2964, 2965, 2980, 3017, 3033, 3044
Myriapoda - Polyzoniida - Siphonotidae
Siphonotidae indet. Cook 1895
Wesener and Moritz 2018 63 specimens
BuB 612, 825, 837, 817, 824, 831, 826, 836, 840, 925, 979, 1130, 1034, 1087, 1161, 1162, 1163, 1164, 1166, 1167, 1834, 1837, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1956, 1966, 1972, 1976, 1983, 1984, 1993, 2607, 2608, 2609, 2610, 2611, 2615, 2656, 2657, 3266, 3268, 3270, 3272, 3273, 3280, 3281, 3284
Myriapoda - Spirostreptida
Cambalidea indet. Bollman 1893
Wesener and Moritz 2018 14 specimens
BuB 1115, 1144, 1165, 1824, 1825, 1826, 1990, 1955, 1962, 2981, 3005, 3012, 3250, 3255
Myriapoda - Stemmiulida
Stemmiulida indet. (Cook 1895)
Wesener and Moritz 2018 7 specimens
BuB 994, 1961, 1968, 2998, 3009, 3038, 3241
Myriapoda - Polydesmida
Polydesmida indet. Pocock 1887
Wesener and Moritz 2018 147 specimens
Myriapoda - Scutigerellidae
Scutigerellidae indet. Bagnall 1913
Wesener and Moritz 2018 2 specimens
BuB 3292, XY
Insecta
Arcanodraco filicauda n. gen., n. sp. Schädel et al. 2020
Schädel et al. 2020 2 specimens
BUB-2823 (specimens 1,2)
Insecta - Zoraptera - Zorotypidae
Zorotypus (Octozoros) pecten n. sp. Mashimo 2019
Mashimo et al. 2019 1 specimen
BUB2809
Zorotypus (Octozoros) hirsutus n. sp. Mashimo 2018
Mashimo et al. 2018 1 specimen
BUB2785
Insecta - Orthoptera
Gryllobencain patrickmuelleri Haug et al. 2022
Haug et al. 2022 2 specimens
BUB 3072, 3073
Insecta - Permopsocida - Archipsyllidae
Bittacopsocus megacephalus n. gen., n. sp. Beutel et al. 2019
Beutel et al. 2019 1 specimen
BUB2853 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Neuroptera - Nevrorthidae
Nevrorthidae indet. Nakahara 1958
1 specimen
Insecta - Coleoptera - Ripiphoridae
Paleoripiphorus cf. deploegi Perrichot et al. 2004
Batelka et al. 2018 8 specimens
BUB72, 925, 929, 930, 1039, 1082, 1881, 1882
Amberocula fallax Batelka et al. 2018
Batelka et al. 2018 1 specimen
BUB52
Amberocula muelleri Batelka et al. 2018
Batelka et al. 2018 3 specimens
BUB53, 75, 926
Insecta - Trichoptera - Xiphocentronidae
Palerasnitsynus vulgaris Wichard et al. 2018
Wichard et al. 2018 103 specimens
BUB 2579, 2775, 2776, 2926 (100 specimens)
Insecta - Lepidoptera - Lophocoronidae
Acanthocorona bowangi n. sp. Mey et al. 2021
Mey et al. 2021 1 specimen
BUB 1519 (1 measurement)
Acanthocorona sattleri n. sp. Mey et al. 2021
Mey et al. 2021 1 specimen
BUB 570 (1 measurement)
Acanthocorona muelleri n. sp. Mey et al. 2021
Mey et al. 2021 1 specimen
BUB 1519 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Tarachoptera - Tarachocelidae
Kinitocelis brevicostata Mey et al. 2017
Mey et al. 2017 2 specimens
BUB 319 PM, BUB 843 PM
Kinitocelis divisonotata Mey et al. 2017
Mey et al. 2017 1 specimen
BUB 773 PM
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Dryinidae
Dryinus maderai Guglielmino et al. 2018
Guglielmino et al. 2018 2 specimens
BUB1055, 2772
Dryinus bamar Martynova et al. 2019
Martynova et al. 2019 1 specimen
BUB2773 (1 measurement)
Dryinus parisei Martynova et al. 2019
Martynova et al. 2019 1 specimen
BUB1458 (1 measurement)
Dryinus katyae Martynova et al. 2019
Martynova et al. 2019 1 specimen
BUB2803 (1 measurement)
Hybristodryinus nalae Perkovsky et al. 2019
Perkovsky et al. 2019 3 specimens
BUB2783, 2796
Hybristodryinus kayin Perkovsky et al. 2019
Perkovsky et al. 2019 1 specimen
BUB2793
Hybristodryinus konbaung Perkovsky et al. 2019
Perkovsky et al. 2019 3 specimens
BUB2755, 2761, 2797
Hybristodryinus pyu Perkovsky et al. 2019
Perkovsky et al. 2019 2 specimens
BUB2263, 2600
Hybristodryinus resinicolus Engel 2005
Perkovsky et al. 2019 4 specimens
BUB1456, 1871, 2262, 2807
Insecta - Diptera - Nymphomyiidae
Nymphomyia alissae n. sp. Wagner and Müller 2020
Wagner and Müller 2020 8 specimens
BUB 3295 (x2), 3296, 3297, 3298, 3299, 3540 (6 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae
Palaeoglaesum bisulcum n. sp. Wagner 2017
Wagner 2017 1 specimen
BUB 583
Palaeoglaesum muelleri n. sp. Wagner 2017
Wagner 2017 1 specimen
BUB 585
Palaeoglaesum notandum n. sp. Wagner 2017
Wagner 2017 1 specimen
BUB 733
Palaeoglaesum quadrispiculatum (Stebner et al. 2015)
Wagner 2017 2 specimens
BUB 372, 731
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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
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: personal collection of Patrick Müller
Metadata
Database number:184692
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2017-03-18 15:46:23 Last modified:2024-01-23 19:55:36
Access level:the public Released:2017-03-18 15:46:23
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
61911. W. Wichard. 2017. Family Nevrorthidae (Insecta, Neuroptera) in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Palaeodiversity 10:1-5 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

87322 C. Bartel, J. A. Dunlop, and G. Giribet. 2023. An unexpected diversity of Cyphophthalmi (Arachnida: Opiliones) in Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber. Zootaxa 5296:421-445 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
85155 C. Bartel and J. A. Dunlop. 2023. First eupnoid harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones: Eupnoi) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber, with notes on sexual dimorphism in Halitherses grimaldii (Arachnida: Opiliones: Dyspnoi). Palaeoentomology 6:278-291 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
66140 J. Batelka, M. S. Engel, and J. Prokop. 2018. A remarkable diversity of parasitoid beetles (Ripiphoridae) in Cretaceous amber, with a summary of the Mesozoic record of Tenebrionoidea. Cretaceous Research 90:296-310 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
68472 R. G. Beutel, J. Prokop, P. Müller and H. Pohl. 2019. †Bittacopsocus - a new bizarre genus of †Permopsocida (Insecta) from Burmese Cretaceous amber. Zootaxa 4576:357-366 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
66258 A. Guglielmino, M. Olmi, A. Marletta and S. Speranza. 2018. Discovery of the first species of Dryinus Latreille (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae) from Burmese amber. Zootaxa 4394:443-448 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
79464 J. T. Haug, M. K. Hörnig, C. Kiesmüller, P. G. Pazinato, V. Baranov and C. Haug. 2022. A 100-million-year-old ensiferan with unusual mouthparts and comments on the evolution of raptorial appendages within Polyneoptera. Geodiversitas 44:57-73 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
70808 K. V. Martynova, Q. Zhang, M. Olmi, P. Müller, and E. E. Perkovsky. 2019. Revision of the genus Dryinus Latreille (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin (Myanmar) amber. Cretaceous Research 106(104217) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
68517 Y. Mashimo, P. Müller, H. Pohl and R. G. Beutel. 2018. The "hairy beast" - Zorotypus hirsutus sp. n., an unusual new species of Zoraptera (Insecta) from Burmese amber. Zootaxa 4508:562-568 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
70635 Y. Mashimo, P. Müller, and R. G. Beutel. 2019. Zorotypus pecten, a new species of Zoraptera (Insecta) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Zootaxa 4651:565-577 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
77230 W. Mey, T. Léger, and V. V. Lien. 2021. New taxa of extant and fossil primitive moths in South-East Asia and their biogeographic significance (Lepidoptera, Micropterigidae, Agathiphagidae, Lophocoronidae). Nota Lepidopterologica 44:29-56 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
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70536 L. Moritz and T. Wesener. 2019. The first known fossils of the Platydesmida - an extant American genus in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Diplopoda: Platydesmida: Andrognathidae). Organisms Diversity & Evolution 19:423-433 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
83968 P. G. Pazinato, P. Müller, and J. T. Haug. 2023. New species of Tanaidacea from Cretaceous Kachin amber, with a brief review of the fossil record of tanaidacean crustaceans. Fossil Record 26:39-50 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
68243 E. E. Perkovsky, M. Olmi, P. Müller and K. V. Martynova. 2019. A review of the genus Hybristodryinus Engel, 2005 (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, with a discussion on its phylogenetic significance. Cretaceous Research 99:169-189 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
71484 M. Schädel, P. Müller, and J. T. Haug. 2020. Two remarkable fossil insect larvae from Burmese amber suggest the presence of a terminal filum in the direct stem lineage of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 126:13-35 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
63341 R. Wagner. 2017. Synopsis of extinct Bruchomyiinae (Diptera, Psychodidae) from Burmese, Baltic and Dominican amber, with descriptions of new genera and species. Zootaxa 4320:100-120 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
79031 R. Wagner and P. Müller. 2020. The oldest of the rare: A new species of the family Nymphomyiidae (Diptera) from Burmese amber. Zootaxa 4763:287-293 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
67607 T. Wesener and L. Moritz. 2018. Checklist of the Myriapoda in Cretaceous Burmese amber and a correction of the Myriapoda identified by Zhang (2017). Check List 14(6):1131-1140 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
67004 W. Wichard, P. Müller, and B. Wang. 2018. The psychomyiid genus Palerasnitsynus (Insecta, Trichoptera) in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Palaeodiversity 11:151-166 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
67626 J. Wunderlich. 2017. New and rare fossil spiders (Araneae) in mid Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Burma), including the description of new extinct families of the suborders Mesothelae and Opisthothelae, as well as notes on the taxonomy, the evolution and the biogeography of the Mesothelae. Ten Papers on Fossil and Extant Spiders (Araneae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 10:72-279 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
67624 J. Wunderlich. 2017. New extinct taxa of the arachnid order Ricinulei, based on new fossils preserved in mid Cretaceous Burmese amber. Ten Papers on Fossil and Extant Spiders (Araneae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 10:48-71 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
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67628 J. Wunderlich and P. Müller. 2018. Fossil spiders (Araneae) in Cretaceous Burmese amber. Beiträge zur Araneologie 11:1-177 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
74746 J. Wunderlich and P. Müller. 2020. New and already described fossil spiders (Araneae) of 20 families in mid and Late Cretaceous Burmese ambers, with notes on spider phylogeny, evolution and classification. Beiträge zur Araneologie 13:22-164 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]