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Fossil Trichoptera embedded in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber [PDF]

Contributions to Entomology, 2023
The paper gives an overview of Trichoptera found as adults in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber from about 100 million years ago. Fifty-eight extinct species are listed, three of which are still described here: Paduniella cretacea sp.
Wilfried Wichard
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An ammonite trapped in Burmese amber. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2019
Amber is fossilized tree resin, and inclusions usually comprise terrestrial and, rarely, aquatic organisms. Marine fossils are extremely rare in Cretaceous and Cenozoic ambers.
Yu T, Thomson U, Mu L, Ross A, Kennedy J, Broly P, Xia F, Zhang H, Wang B, Dilcher D.   +9 more
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A remarkable assemblage of ticks from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. [PDF]

Parasitology, 2022
DATA: The data reported in this paper are detailed in the main text.Four fossil ticks (Arachnida: Parasitiformes: Ixodida) are described from mid-Cretaceous (ca. 100 Ma) Burmese amber of Myanmar. Ixodes antiquorum sp. nov.
Chitimia-Dobler L, Mans BJ, Handschuh S, Dunlop JA.   +3 more
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A giant mite in Cretaceous Burmese amber [PDF]

Fossil Record, 2018
An unusually large acariform mite is described as Immensmaris chewbaccei gen. et sp. nov. from the Cretaceous (ca. 100 Ma) Burmese amber of Myanmar.
J. A. Dunlop, K. Frahnert, J. Mąkol
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Structural Evolution of Burmese Amber during Petrifaction Based on a Comparison of the Spectral Characteristics of Amber, Copal, and Rosin

Journal of Spectroscopy, 2019
This paper presents a spectroscopic analysis and solubility study of rosin, copal, and Burmese amber samples to reveal the structural changes that occur during amber formation.
Feng Bai, Huifang Liang, Hongting Qu
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The first fossil cyphophthalmid harvestman from Baltic amber [PDF]

Arachnologische Mitteilungen, 2011
The first fossil cyphophthalmid harvestman (Opiliones: Cyphophthalmi) from Palaeogene (Eocene) Baltic amber is described. This is only the third fossil example of this basal harvestman lineage; the others being from the probably slightly younger ...
Dunlop, Jason A., Mitov, Plamen G.
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The Oldest Representative of the Rove Beetle Tribe Pinophilini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), from Upper Cretaceous Burmese Amber [PDF]

Insects, 2020
The recently reviewed subtribe Procirrina comprises eight extant genera with a predominately (sub)tropical distribution. Previous phylogenies consistently recover the tribe Pinophilini of the subfamily Paederinae monophyletic.
Josh Jenkins Shaw, Bo Wang, Ming Bai, Dagmara Żyła   +3 more
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Spectral Characteristics of Unique Species of Burmese Amber

Minerals, 2023
Special species of Burmese amber are highly valued within the gemological market due to their fancy optical characteristics. However, some ordinary amber species are misidentified as precious species, which has disrupted consumers’ purchasing ...
Chenxing Xin, Zhaotong Shi, Yamei Wang
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New Genera and Species of the Family Throscidae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea) in Mid-Cretaceous Burmese Amber [PDF]

Insects, 2021
Captopus depressicepsgen. et sp. nov., Electrothroscus yanpingaegen. et sp. nov. and Pseudopactopus robustusgen. et sp. nov. are reported from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. These new findings greatly extend the Mesozoic diversity of Throscidae, which
Yan-Da Li, Di-Ying Huang, Chen-Yang Cai
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Supplement to the Burmese (Myanmar) amber checklist and bibliography, 2021

Palaeoentomology, 2021
Ross, Andrew J. (2022): Supplement to the Burmese (Myanmar) amber checklist and bibliography, 2021. Palaeoentomology 5 (1): 27-45, DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.5.1.
Ross, Andrew J., Ross, Andrew J
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