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Burmese amber (ZFMK coll) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

Where: Myanmar (26.4° N, 96.7° E: paleocoordinates 12.4° N, 93.8° E)

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When: Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: amber

Collection methods: Repository: Zoological Research Museum A. Koenig (ZFMK)

Primary reference: W. X. Liu, P. T. Rühr, and T. Wesener. 2017. A look with μCT technology into a treasure trove of fossils: The first two fossils of the millipede order Siphoniulida discovered in Cretaceous Burmese amber (Myriapoda, Diplopoda). Cretaceous Research 74:100-108 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 184444: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.02.2017

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Taxonomic list

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Myriapoda
Scolopendrellida - Scolopendrellidae	Symphylella patrickmuelleri n. sp.¹ Symphylella patrickmuelleri n. sp.¹ Moritz and Wesener 2017 ZFMK MYR 6369 (ex. Patrick Müller BUB1171)
Chilognatha -	Stemmiulida indet.⁴ Stemmiulida indet.⁴ Cook 1895 millipede ZFMK MYR07378
Callipodida - Burmanopetalidae	Burmanopetalum inexpectatum n. gen. n. sp.³ Burmanopetalum inexpectatum n. gen. n. sp.³ Stoev et al. 2019 millipede ZFMK MYR07366
Chilognatha -	Polydesmida indet.⁴ Polydesmida indet.⁴ Pocock 1887 millipede ZFMK MYR06118, 06120, 07374, 07377, 07375, 07379
Spirostreptida -	Cambalidea indet.⁴ Cambalidea indet.⁴ Bollman 1893 millipede ZFMK MYR06121, 07368, 07369, 07370
Spirostreptida - Cambalidae	Cambalidae indet.⁴ Cambalidae indet.⁴ Bollman 1893 millipede ZFMK MYR06696
Siphoniulida - Siphoniulidae	Siphoniulus preciosus n. sp., Siphoniulus muelleri n. sp. Siphoniulus preciosus n. sp. Liu et al. 2017 millipede ZFMK MYR 5543 Siphoniulus muelleri n. sp. Liu et al. 2017 millipede ZFMK MYR 6098
Polyzoniida - Siphonotidae	Siphonotidae indet.⁴ Siphonotidae indet.⁴ Cook 1895 millipede ZFMK MYR06122, 06124, 07374, 07381
Platydesmida - Andrognathidae	Andrognathus burmiticus n. sp.² Andrognathus burmiticus n. sp.² Moritz and Wesener 2019 millipede ZFMK-MYR8241, 08689, 08617, 08679, 08709, 08710
Glomeridesmida - Glomeridesmidae	Glomeridesmidae indet.⁴ Glomeridesmidae indet.⁴ Latzel 1884 millipede ZFMK MYR06117
Chilognatha -	Glomerida indet.⁴ Glomerida indet.⁴ Cook 1895 millipede ZFMK MYR06116, 07365, 07371, 07372, 07376
Chordeumatida - Heterochordeumatidae	Heterochordeumatidae indet.⁴ Heterochordeumatidae indet.⁴ Pocock 1894 millipede ZFMK MYR05545, 06123, 06624, 07367

¹Moritz and Wesener 2017; ²Moritz and Wesener 2019; ³Stoev et al. 2019; ⁴Wesener and Moritz 2018