Burmese amber, Hkamti amber (IGR Rennes collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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

Insecta
 Blattodea - Mastotermitidae
Mastotermes myanmarensis n. sp.2 Jouault 2022 termite
IGR.BU-054
 Blattodea -
Euisoptera "indet. 2"2 Engel et al. 2009 termite
IGR.BU-056
 Psocodea - Prionoglarididae
Palaeosiamoglaris hkamtiensis n. sp.4 Jouault et al. 2021 bark louse
IGR.BU-022
 Hymenoptera - Othniodellithidae
Keratodellitha kirin n. sp.3 Maréchal et al. 2021 wasp
IGR.BU-021
 Hymenoptera -
Protobelyta monsirei n. gen. n. sp.
Protobelyta monsirei n. gen. n. sp. Jouault and Nel 2020 wasp
IGR.BU-1011
 Hymenoptera - Bethylidae
Paralanceis chotardi n. gen. n. sp.1, Yunbayin rossei n. gen. n. sp.1
Paralanceis chotardi n. gen. n. sp.1 Brazidec et al. 2023 flat wasp
IGR.BU-061
Yunbayin rossei n. gen. n. sp.1 Brazidec et al. 2023 flat wasp
IGR.BU-062