Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CSCLR collection) (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

Collection methods: Repository: Cores and Samples Center of Land & Resources (CSCLR), Sanhe, China

Primary reference: X. Y. Chen and G. F. Su. 2017. First eggs of fossil bristletails (Meinertellidae: Microcoryphia) from Burmese amber. Acta Geologica Sinica 91:1489-1490 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 188400: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 30.08.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Alienoptera - Alienopteridae
Eminespina burma n. gen. n. sp.7
Eminespina burma n. gen. n. sp.7 Chen et al. 2021 winged insect
CSCLRCAB100340
 Embioptera - Clothodidae
Perissoclothoda myrrhokaris n. gen. n. sp.6
Perissoclothoda myrrhokaris n. gen. n. sp.6 Chen and Zhang 2023 webspinners
CSCLRCAB100470
 Dermaptera - Pygidicranidae
Eminepygia myanmarensis n. gen. n. sp.5
Eminepygia myanmarensis n. gen. n. sp.5 Chen and Zhang 2021 earwig
CSCLRCAB100190
 Zoraptera - Zorotypidae
Zorotypus (Octozoros) pusillus n. sp.3, Zorotypus (Octozoros) hukawngi n. sp.2
Zorotypus (Octozoros) pusillus n. sp.3 Chen and Su 2019 winged insect
CSCLRCAB100123‐1, 2
Zorotypus (Octozoros) hukawngi n. sp.2 Chen and Su 2019 winged insect
CSCLRCAB100005
 Coleoptera - Lymexylidae
"Adamas hukawngensis n. gen. n. sp." = Anancites hukawngensis4, "Cretoquadratus engeli n. gen. n. sp." = Cretoquadratus fossilis1
"Adamas hukawngensis n. gen. n. sp." = Anancites hukawngensis4 Chen and Zhang 2020 ship-timber beetle
CSCLRCAB100180
"Cretoquadratus engeli n. gen. n. sp." = Cretoquadratus fossilis1 Yamamoto 2019 ship-timber beetle
CSCLRCAB100140
 Archaeognatha - Meinertellidae
Cretaceobrevibusantennis hookensis n. gen. n. sp., Cretaceobrevibusantennis thornis n. sp.
Cretaceobrevibusantennis hookensis n. gen. n. sp. Chen and Su 2017 rock bristletail
CSCLRCAB100001, 100002-001
Cretaceobrevibusantennis thornis n. sp. Chen and Su 2017 rock bristletail
CSCLRCAB100003
1Chen 2019; 2Chen and Su 2019; 3Chen and Su 2019; 4Chen and Zhang 2020; 5Chen and Zhang 2021; 6Chen and Zhang 2023; 7Chen et al. 2021