Also known as Khamti
Where: Sagaing, Myanmar (25.7° N, 95.8° E: paleocoordinates 10.9° N, 98.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Albian (112.0 - 109.0 Ma)
• Zircon analyses (n = 143) of four tuff samples that host the amber deposit in different pits yielded a weighted-mean age of 109.7 ± 0.4 Ma.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: original chitin, amber
Collection methods: Repository: Geological Department of the University of Rennes 1, France
Primary reference: C. Jouault, V. Perrichot, and A. Nel. 2020. A new genus and species of parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) from Hkamti mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 115(104533) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 215115: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 30.10.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mastotermes myanmarensis n. sp.2
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Palaeosiamoglaris hkamtiensis n. sp.4
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Keratodellitha kirin n. sp.3
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Protobelyta monsirei n. gen. n. sp.
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