Burmese Amber
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| Burmese Amber | |
|---|---|
| Age (Ma) | |
| Start: | 99.7 |
| End: | 94.3 |
| System/Period: | Cretaceous |
| Series/Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage/Age: | Early Cenomanian |
| Location | |
| Location: | Burmese amber, Kachin State |
| Country: | Myanmar |
| Coordinates: | 26.4°N, 96.7°E |
| Diversity | |
| Genera: | 16 |
| Species: | 34 |
Burmese amber, or burmite, from Kachin State, Myanmar. The paleobiota of this mid-Cretaceous (ca. 99 Ma) deposit is highly diverse and preserved with life-like fidelity (Grimaldi and Ross, 2017; Ross, 2019).
Contents
Genera known from Burmese amber
Species known from Burmese amber
- Aquilomyrmex huangi
- Burmomyrma rossi
- Camelomecia janovitzi
- Camelosphecia fossor
- Camelosphecia venator
- Ceratomyrmex ellenbergeri
- Ceratomyrmex planus
- Chonidris insolita
- Dhagnathos autokrator
- Dilobops bidentata
- Gerontoformica contegus
- Gerontoformica gracilis
- Gerontoformica magnus
- Gerontoformica orientalis
- Gerontoformica pilosus
- Gerontoformica rubustus
- Gerontoformica rugosus
- Gerontoformica spiralis
- Gerontoformica subcuspis
- Gerontoformica tendir
- Haidomyrmex cerberus
- Haidomyrmex davidbowiei
- Haidomyrmex scimitarus
- Haidomyrmex zigrasi
- Linguamyrmex brevicornis
- Linguamyrmex rhinocerus
- Linguamyrmex vladi
- Myanmyrma gracilis
- Myanmyrma maraudera
- Protoceratomyrmex revelatus
- Protozigrasimecia chauli
- Zigrasimecia ferox
- Zigrasimecia hoelldobleri
- Zigrasimecia tonsora
Notes
Cao, Boudinot & Gao (2020) described Zigrasimecia hoelldobleri and Protozigrasimecia chauli from Burmese amber specimens found in Noije Bum hill, some 18 km southwest of Tanai Village (26°21′33.41″N 96°43′11.88″E / 26.3592806°N 96.7199667°E) in the Hukawng Valley, of northern Myanmar (Grimaldi & al. 2002, Chen & al. 2019).
References
- Cao, H., Boudinot, B.E., Wang, Z., Miao, X., Shih, C., Ren, D., Gao, T. 2020. Two new iron maiden ants from Burmese amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: †Zigrasimeciini). Myrmecological News 30: 161-173 (doi:10.25849/myrmecol.news_030:161).
- Zheng, D., Chang, S.-C. et al. 2018. A Late Cretaceous amber biota from central Myanmar. Nature Communications 9:3170 (doi:10.1038/s41467-018-05650-2).
