Burmese amber, Kachin amber (SNSB-BSPG collection): Early/Lower Cenomanian, Myanmar

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Hemiptera - Achilidae
Amphignokachinia subversa n. gen., n. sp. Brysz and Szwedo 2023
Brysz et al. 2023 1 specimen
SNSB-BSPG 2021 XII 9 (BUB423) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Rhopalosomatidae
Cretolixon alatum Lohrmann 2020
1 specimen
SNSB-BSPG 2020 XCIII 25 (ex. coll. P. Müller BUB 3227) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Falsiformicidae
Siccibythus oculatus Rasnitsyn et al. 2020
Rasnitsyn et al. 2020 1 specimen
SNSB-BSPG 2020 XCIII 20 (2 measurements)
Siccibythus paulus n. sp. Rasnitsyn et al. 2020
Rasnitsyn et al. 2020 1 specimen
SNSB-BSPG 2020 XCIII 22 (2 measurements)
Siccibythus cf. paulus Rasnitsyn et al. 2020
Rasnitsyn et al. 2020 1 specimen
SNSB-BSPG 2020 XCIII 23
Siccibythus pallidus n. sp. Rasnitsyn et al. 2020
Rasnitsyn et al. 2020 1 specimen
SNSB-BSPG 2020 XCIII 21 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera
Prototrichalus milleri Molina-Olmedo et al. 2020
Bocak et al. 2022 1 specimen
SNSB-BSPG 2020 XCIII 24
Prototrichalus meiyingae Molina-Olmedo et al. 2020
Bocak et al. 2022 1 specimen
SNSB-BSPG 2020 XCIII 24
Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae
Burmomiles volpei n. sp. Fanti and Müller 2022
Fanti and Müller 2022 1 specimen
SNSB-BSPG 2021 XII 74 (ex Müller BUB4027) (1 measurement)
Hukawngichthyurus ditaddeoi n. sp. Fanti and Müller 2022
Fanti and Müller 2022 1 specimen
SNSB-BSPG 2021 XII 17 (ex Müller BUB4326) (1 measurement)
Hukawngichthyurus barsevskisi n. sp. Fanti and Müller 2022
Fanti and Müller 2022 1 specimen
SNSB-BSPG 2021 XII 19 (ex Müller BUB4328) (1 measurement)
Sanaungulus kachinensis n. sp. Fanti and Müller 2022
Fanti and Müller 2022 1 specimen
SNSB-BSPG 2021 XII 14 (ex Müller BUB4312) (1 measurement)
Sanaungulus temporiscapsula n. sp. Fanti and Müller 2022
Fanti and Müller 2022 1 specimen
SNSB-BSPG 2021 XII 16 (ex Müller BUB4314) (1 measurement)
Sanaungulus dominikiweissbachi n. sp. Fanti and Müller 2022
Fanti and Müller 2022 2 specimens
SNSB-BSPG 2021 XII 75 (ex Müller BUB4059) (2 measurements)
Sanaungulus franziskaeweissbachae n. sp. Fanti and Müller 2022
Fanti and Müller 2022 1 specimen
SNSB-BSPG 2021 XII 72 (ex Müller BUB3899) (1 measurement)
Sanaungulus perkovskyi n. sp. Fanti and Müller 2022
Fanti and Müller 2022 1 specimen
SNSB-BSPG 2021 XII 69 (ex Müller BUB3888) (1 measurement)
Sanaungulus dunlopi n. sp. Fanti and Müller 2022
Fanti and Müller 2022 1 specimen
SNSB-BSPG 2021 XII 68 (ex Müller BUB3886) (1 measurement)
Sanaungulus nilsi n. sp. Fanti and Müller 2022
Fanti and Müller 2022 1 specimen
SNSB-BSPG 2021 XII 64 (ex Müller BUB4393) (1 measurement)
Sanaungulus ypogaeum n. sp. Fanti and Müller 2022
Fanti and Müller 2022 1 specimen
SNSB-BSPG 2021 XII 67 (ex Müller BUB4165) (1 measurement)
Vitalfranzius burmiticus n. gen., n. sp. Fanti and Müller 2022
Fanti and Müller 2022 1 specimen
SNSB-BSPG 2021 XII 15 (ex Müller BUB4313) (1 measurement)
Vitalfranzius cretaceus n. sp. Fanti and Müller 2022
Fanti and Müller 2022 1 specimen
SNSB-BSPG 2021 XII 66 (ex Müller BUB4236) (1 measurement)
Elektrokleinia thiloi n. sp. Fanti and Müller 2022
Fanti and Müller 2022 1 specimen
SNSB-BSPG 2021 XII 20 (ex Müller BUB4392) (1 measurement)
Elektrokleinia zahradniki n. sp. Fanti and Müller 2022
Fanti and Müller 2022 1 specimen
SNSB-BSPG 2021 XII 18 (ex Müller BUB4327) (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/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
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: Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns (SNSB-BSPG)
Metadata
Database number:216411
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2020-12-11 11:28:07 Last modified:2023-01-14 12:28:07
Access level:the public Released:2020-12-11 11:28:07
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
74728. V. Lohrmann, Q. Zhang, P. Michalik, J. Blaschke, P. Müller, L. Jeanneau, and V. Perrichot. 2020. †Cretolixon - a remarkable new genus of rhopalosomatid wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Rhopalosomatidae) from chemically tested, mid-Cretaceous Burmese (Kachin) amber supports the monophyly of Rhopalosomatinae. Fossil Record 23:215-236 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

80415 L. Bocak, P. Müller, M. Motyka and D. Kusy. 2022. Prototrichalus is transferred to the Tenebrionoidea: A comment on Molino-Olmedo et al., 2020, 'The description of Prototrichalus gen. nov. and three new species from Burmese amber supports a mid-Cretaceous origin of the Metriorrhynchini (Coleoptera, Lycidae)'. Cretaceous Research 133(104837) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
83967 A. M. Brysz, P. Müller, and J. Szwedo. 2023. First fossil representative of the tribe Amphignomini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Achilidae) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber and its significance. European Journal of Taxonomy 120:42-49 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
83645 F. Fanti and P. Müller. 2022. Fossil Cantharidae from the Cretaceous Burmese (Kachin) amber of the Patrick Müller collection, and taxonomic information. Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 22:331-380 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
83683 A. P. Rasnitsyn, Q. Zhang, P. Müller and H. C. Zhang. 2020. On the identity and limits of Falsiformicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Vespoidea s.l.). Palaeoentomology 3:582-596 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]