Burmese amber, Kachin amber (FMNH coll) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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

• coordinate stated in text

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original chitin, amber

Reposited in the FMNH

Primary reference: S. Yamamoto. 2017. Discovery of the oxyporine rove beetle in the Mesozoic amber and its evolutionary implications for mycophagy (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Cretaceous Research 74:198-204 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 184691: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.03.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Coleoptera - Micromalthidae
Micromalthus sp.8
Micromalthus sp.8 LeConte 1878 telephone pole beetle
FMNHINS-3966038
 Coleoptera - Lepiceridae
"Lepiceratus ankylosaurus n. gen. n. sp." = Haplochelus ankylosaurus3
"Lepiceratus ankylosaurus n. gen. n. sp." = Haplochelus ankylosaurus3 Jałoszyński et al. 2020 beetle
FMNHINS-3966034
 Coleoptera - Sphaeriusidae
Bezesporum burmiticum n. sp.2
Bezesporum burmiticum n. sp.2 Fikáček et al. 2022 beetle
FMNHINS-3966033
 Coleoptera - Lymexylidae
"Raractocetus fossilis n. sp." = Cretoquadratus fossilis7, "Raractocetus extinctus n. sp." = Cretoquadratus extinctus7, Vetatractocerus burmiticus n. gen. n. sp.7
"Raractocetus fossilis n. sp." = Cretoquadratus fossilis7 Yamamoto 2019 ship-timber beetle
FMNHINS-3965990
"Raractocetus extinctus n. sp." = Cretoquadratus extinctus7 Yamamoto 2019 ship-timber beetle
FMNHINS-3965989
Vetatractocerus burmiticus n. gen. n. sp.7 Yamamoto 2019 ship-timber beetle
FMNHINS-3965988
 Coleoptera -
Kulindrobor magnus n. sp.6
Kulindrobor magnus n. sp.6 Tihelka et al. 2021 beetle
FMNHINS-3966053
 Coleoptera - Monotomidae
Cretolenax carinatus4, Lenax karenae n. sp.4
Cretolenax carinatus4 Liu et al. 2019 root eating beetle
FMNHINS-3966012, 013, 014, 015
Lenax karenae n. sp.4 Liu et al. 2019 root eating beetle
FMNHINS-3966011
 Coleoptera - Colonidae
Colon burmiticum n. sp.15
Colon burmiticum n. sp.15 Yamamoto 2018 beetle
FMNH INS-3636811
 Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Protodasycerus aenigmaticus17, Protodasycerus tuberculatus n. sp.17, Cedasyrus dimorphus17, Trichophya minor n. sp.13, Cretodeinopsis sp.12, Oxyporus cretaceous n. sp., Gollandia planata n. gen. n. sp.5, Phloeocharis burmana n. sp.14, Priochirus thayerae n. sp.16, Cretochirus newtoni n. gen. n. sp.16, Propiestus archaicus n. gen. n. sp.9
Protodasycerus aenigmaticus17 Yamamoto 2016 rove beetle
FMNHINS 3260633, 3260634, 3260646, 3260647
Protodasycerus tuberculatus n. sp.17 Yamamoto et al. 2020 rove beetle
FMNHINS 3260645
Cedasyrus dimorphus17 Yin and Cai 2020 rove beetle
FMNH-INS 3260644
Trichophya minor n. sp.13 Yamamoto and Newton 2021 rove beetle
FMNHINS-4357787
Cretodeinopsis sp.12 Cai and Huang 2015 rove beetle
FMNH INS-3523302
Oxyporus cretaceous n. sp. Yamamoto 2017 rove beetle
FMNH INS-3547756
Gollandia planata n. gen. n. sp.5 Makranczy et al. 2018 rove beetle
FMNHINS 3729858
Phloeocharis burmana n. sp.14 Yamamoto and Newton 2023 rove beetle
FMNHINS-4357788
Priochirus thayerae n. sp.16 Yamamoto 2019 rove beetle
FMNHINS-3741463
Cretochirus newtoni n. gen. n. sp.16 Yamamoto 2019 rove beetle
FMNHINS-3741464
Propiestus archaicus n. gen. n. sp.9 Yamamoto et al. 2018 rove beetle
FMNHINS-3741462
 Coleoptera - Ptiliidae
Kekveus jason n. gen. n. sp.10
Kekveus jason n. gen. n. sp.10 Yamamoto et al. 2018 feather-winged beetle
FMNH INS-3741459
 Coleoptera - Hydraenidae
Archaeodraena cretacea n. gen. n. sp.11
Archaeodraena cretacea n. gen. n. sp.11 Jäch and Yamamoto 2017 minute moss beetle
FMNH INS-3547755
 Coleoptera - Clambidae
Sphaerothorax uenoi1
Sphaerothorax uenoi1 Cai and Lawrence 2019 minute beetle
FMNHINS-3260641
1Cai et al. 2019; 2Fikáček et al. 2022; 3Jałoszyński et al. 2020; 4Liu et al. 2019; 5Makranczy et al. 2018; 6Tihelka et al. 2021; 7Yamamoto 2019; 8Yamamoto 2021; 9Yamamoto et al. 2018; 10Yamamoto et al. 2018; 11Yamamoto et al. 2017; 12Yamamoto and Maruyama 2017; 13Yamamoto and Newton 2021; 14Yamamoto and Newton 2023; 15Yamamoto and Takahashi 2018; 16Yamamoto and Takahashi 2019; 17Yin et al. 2020