Burmese amber (Molino-Olmedo collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

Where: Myanmar (26.4° N, 96.7° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 8.3° N, 105.5° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Early/Lower Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: amber

Collection methods: Repository: collection of Francisco Molino-Olmedo

Primary reference: F. Molino-Olmedo. 2017. Descripcion de Lemodicarmenia olmedoae gen. et sp. nov. del ámbar cretácico de Myanmar (Coleoptera, Anthicidae, Lemodinae). Lambillionea 117:121-124 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 187030: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.07.2017

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Coleoptera - Scirtidae
Molinernobius fuentesi n. gen. n. sp.1
Molinernobius fuentesi n. gen. n. sp.1 Molino-Olmedo 2017 marsh beetle
 Coleoptera - Nitidulidae
Apophisandra ammytae n. gen. n. sp.2
Apophisandra ammytae n. gen. n. sp.2 Molino-Olmedo 2017 sap beetle
 Coleoptera - Anthicidae
Lemodicarmenia olmedoae n. gen. n. sp.
Lemodicarmenia olmedoae n. gen. n. sp. Molino-Olmedo 2017 ant like flower beetle
 Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Cretoctesis conchimillanae3 Molino-Olmedo 2023 jewel beetle
 Coleoptera - Ptinidae
Benemerita burmitica n. gen. n. sp.4
Benemerita burmitica n. gen. n. sp.4 Molino-Olmedo 2024 spider beetle