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

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber

Collection methods: quarrying

• Repository: Entomological Collection of the Coleoptera Laboratory, Viçosa, Brazil (CELC)

Primary reference: B. E. Boudinot, A. Richter, J. Katzke, J. C. M. Chaul, R. A. Keller, E. P. Economo, R. G. Beutel and S. Yamamoto. 2022. Evidence for the evolution of eusociality in stem ants and a systematic revision of †Gerontoformica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 195:1355-1389 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 228923: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.01.2023

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