Burmese amber (QUST collection): Early Cenomanian, Myanmar

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Coleoptera - Lophocateridae
Mesolophocateres pengweii Yu et al. 2020
Yu et al. 2020 1 specimen
QUST-INSECT-0007 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Monotomidae
Cretolenax carinatus Liu et al. 2019
Liu et al. 2019 1 specimen
QUST-INSECT-004
Cretakarenni birmanicus Peris and Delclòs 2015
1 specimen
QUST-INSECT-0003
Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Burmagrilus cretacus n. gen., n. sp. Jiang et al. 2021
Jiang et al. 2021 1 specimen
QUST-INSECT-0015 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Bostrichidae
Alitrepanum aladelicatum n. gen., n. sp. Peng et al. 2022
Peng et al. 2022 3 specimens
QUST-SHUO-0001, 0002
Insecta - Coleoptera - Synteliidae
Syntelia sunwukong n. sp. Jiang and Wang 2021
Jiang and Wang 2021 1 specimen
QUST-INSECT-0006 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Histeridae
Onthophilus yingae n. sp. Jiang et al. 2020
Jiang et al. 2020 1 specimen
QUST-INSECT-0010 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Cretotrichopsenius burmiticus Cai et al. 2017
Jiang et al. 2021 1 specimen
QUST-INSECT-0015
Micropeplus pengweii n. sp. Jiang et al. 2020
Jiang et al. 2020 1 specimen
QUST-INSECT-0005 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Blattodea - Arceotermitidae
Arceotermes hospitis n. gen., n. sp. Engel and Jiang 2021
Jiang et al. 2021 1 specimen
QUST-INSECT-0015
Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae
Pristinmicrophor hukawngensis n. gen., n. sp. Tang et al. 2019
Tang et al. 2019 1 specimen
QUST Y13-1 (2 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 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: Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China (QUST)
Metadata
Database number:201881
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2019-06-06 22:13:24 Last modified:2021-06-13 00:25:04
Access level:the public Released:2019-06-06 22:13:24
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

69122. R. X. Jiang, Z. H. Liu, and S. Wang. 2019. Fossil evidence for sexual dimorphism in Monotomidae beetles from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 102:7-11 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

70139 R. X. Jiang, Z. Peng, and S. Wang. 2020. The oldest Micropeplus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Micropeplinae) species from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 106(104218) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
71983 R. X. Jiang, W. C. Song, H. Y. Yang, C. Shi, and S. Wang. 2020. Discovery of the first Onthophilus species from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Histeridae). Cretaceous Research 111(104443) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
77135 R. X. Jiang, H. T. Song, H. R. Zhang and S. Wang. 2021. Burmagrilus cretacus gen. et sp. nov., the first Buprestidae from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 125(104866) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
75162 R. X. Jiang and S. Wang. 2021. Syntelia sunwukong sp. nov., the oldest Synteliid beetle (Coleoptera: Histeroidea) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 119(104709) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
84014 R. X. Jiang, H. R. Zhang, K. T. Eldredge, X. B. Song, Y. D. Li, E. Tihelka, D. Y. Huang, S. Wang, M. S. Engel and C. Y. Cai. 2021. Further evidence of Cretaceous termitophily: Description of new termite hosts of the trichopseniine Cretotrichopsenius (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), with emendations to the classification of lower termites (Isoptera). Palaeoentomology 4:374-389 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
70830 Y. H. Liu, E. Tihelka, T. C. McElrath, S. Yamamoto, A., B. Wang, D. Ren and H. Pang. 2019. New minute clubbed beetles (Coleoptera, Monotomidae, Lenacini) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar. Cretaceous Research 107(104255) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
81960 Y. Peng, R. X. Jiang, C. Shi, W. C. Song, X. X. Long, M. S. Engel, and S. Wang. 2022. Alitrepaninae, a new subfamily of auger beetles from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber of northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae). Cretaceous Research 137(105244) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
70312 C. F. Tang, C. Shi, S. Wang and D. Yang. 2019. The first report of Dolichopodidae from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar. Cretaceous Research 104(104179) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
78774 Y. L. Yu, R. A. B. Leschen, A., D. Ren, S. Wang and H. Pang. 2020. Mesozoic Cleroidea (Coleoptera): First record of mid-Cretaceous Lophocateridae from Burmese amber and notes on the disputed genera Cervicatinius Tan & Ren (Trogossitidae) and Forticatinius Tan & Ren (Artematopodidae). Cretaceous Research 119(104680) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]