Burmese amber (Chaul collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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: Repository: personal collection of Júlio Chaul

Primary reference: J. C. M. Chaul. 2023. A revision of the Cretaceous ant genus Zigrasimecia Barden & Grimaldi, 2013 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: †Zigrasimeciinae). Zootaxa 5325:301-341 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 233230: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.01.2024

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Zigrasimecia sp.
Zigrasimecia sp. Barden and Grimaldi 2013 ant
ufv-4 (ANTWEB1038932), ufv-06 (ANTWEB1032645), ufv-08 (UFV-LABECOL-010579, 010580), ufv-09 (ANTWEB1047064), ufv-10 (ANTWEB1047051), ufv-11 (ANTWEB1047053)