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The oldest amber with arthropod inclusions comes from the Late Triassic (late Carnian c. 230 Ma) of Italy, where four microscopic (0.2–0.1 mm) mites, Triasacarus, Ampezzoa, Minyacarus and Cheirolepidoptus, and a poorly preserved nematoceran fly were found in millimetre-sized droplets of amber. [53] [54] The oldest amber with significant ...
Burmese amber - also known as burmite, is a Cretaceous age amber about 99 million years old found mainly in the Hukawng Valley, Kachin State, Myanmar (Burma). The most common amber containing insect inclusions of the Cenomanian, mined in a very large amount since late 2010s and became one of the most available types of amber.
Odonata (which contains dragonflies and damselflies, among other extinct groups), is represented by over 19 families and over 40 species, [16] far higher than in other Cretaceous amber deposits. [24] Among the oldest members of the insect order Zoraptera are known from Burmese amber, [25] as well as the oldest parasitic lice [26] and the oldest ...
Burmese amber is fossil resin dating to the early Late Cretaceous Cenomanian age recovered from deposits in the Hukawng Valley of northern Myanmar. It is known for being one of the most diverse Cretaceous age amber paleobiotas, containing rich arthropod fossils, along with uncommon vertebrate fossils and even rare marine inclusions. A mostly ...
It is the oldest source of amber with a significant number of inclusions. Up to 300 sources of Lebanese amber have been recovered and 17 of them are important sources of organic inclusions, which are the oldest of their kind. The inclusions help to document Cretaceous fauna and flora. Tyruschrysa melqart, a green lacewing larvae
The age of the amber has been controversial. A study in the early 1990s returned a date up to 40 million years old. [2] However, other authors have suggested a date in the Miocene, around 20–15 million years old, based on marine microfossils found in the sediment the amber is contained in. [3]
Amber deposit from Partynice - Dating from the 1st century BC amber deposit found in Wrocław. It is the world's largest archaeological find of amber, estimated at 1,240–1,760 kg. Currently it is in the Archaeological Museum in Wrocław. In Poland, the north–south motorway A1 is officially named Amber Highway. [18]
Paratype worker of S. freyi. Before the discovery of the first Sphecomyrma fossils, there were no fossil records of any ants from Cretaceous amber and the oldest social insects at the time extended back to the Eocene epoch; the earliest known ant at the time was described from a forewing found in the Claiborne Formation [A] in Tennessee.