Burmese amber (MCZ collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

Also known as Hukawng valley, Noije Bum 2001 Summit Amber Site

Where: Kachin, Myanmar (26.3° N, 96.6° E: paleocoordinates 12.3° N, 93.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• U/Pb dating repeated from Shi et al. (2012)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: soft parts, amber

Reposited in the MCZ

Collection methods: quarrying

Primary reference: J. D. Daza, E. L. Stanley, P. Wagner, A. M. Bauer, and D. A. Grimaldi. 2016. Mid-Cretaceous amber fossils illuminate the past diversity of tropical lizards. Science Advances 2(3):e1501080 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 178999: authorized by Paul Barrett, entered by Terri Cleary on 24.05.2016, edited by Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata -
Barlochersaurus winhtini n. gen. n. sp. Daza et al. 2018 squamates
Specimen number 8 from the private collection of Federico Barlocher; replicas: UF-VP-312846 and MCZ R-195109
Gekkota indet. Cuvier 1817 squamates
MCZR-190835, hand including impressions of toe pads
 Squamata - Agamidae
Agamidae indet. Gray 1827 squamates
MCZ R-190836, pelvic area and left leg and partial left foot