Ethics, law, and politics in palaeontological research: The case of Myanmar amber [PDF]
Communications Biology, 2022 Myanmar amber collection and study in palaeontology is clouded with ethical and legal issues. Here, the history and legality of Myanmar amber use in the literature is reviewed.
Emma M. Dunne +4 more
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A new species of beaded lacewings (Neuroptera, Berothidae) from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2022 A new species of Berothidae, Jersiberotha musivum sp. nov., is described and illustrated from mid-Cretaceous (lowest Cenomanian) Myanmar amber. It is easily distinguished from other species of Berothidae by the configuration of the wing venation ...
Sihang Zhang +5 more
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Fossil evidence of orchid-like dust seeds in Myanmar amber featuring early angiosperm radiation [PDF]
Scientific ReportsMyanmar amber is famous worldwide for its abundant, exquisite, and diverse fossils (including those of flowers). However, the importance and value of this amber flora are still underappreciated.
Weijia Huang, Xin Wang
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Life habits and evolutionary biology of new two-winged long-proboscid scorpionflies from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2019 Long-proboscid scorpionflies were associated with mid-Mesozoic gymnosperm pollination. Here, Lin et al. establish a new family of long-proboscid scorpionflies from Myanmar amber, elucidate evolutionary mechanisms of hind-wing reduction, and detail ...
Xiaodan Lin +4 more
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Systematics and Palaeoecology of Three New Acrocarpous Mosses from the Mid-Cretaceous of Kachin, Myanmar [PDF]
PlantsThe mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber deposit from northern Myanmar is currently a promising locality for reconstructing Cretaceous bryophyte floras. However, the vast majority of bryophyte fossils reported from Kachin amber are epiphytic leafy liverworts of ...
Zhen-Zhen Tan +4 more
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Mid-Cretaceous sand fly (Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) illuminates early diversification of Old World fauna [PDF]
Scientific ReportsSand flies (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) are medically important insects with an interesting, but poorly understood, evolutionary history. The abundance and diversity of inclusions of these flies in Myanmar (Burmese) amber provide valuable data ...
Szymon Kaczmarek +4 more
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A new genus and species of berothids (Insecta, Neuroptera) from the Late Cretaceous Myanmar amber [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2019 A new genus and species of Berothidae is described from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Myanmar amber. Ansoberotha jiewenae gen. et sp. nov. can be easily distinguished from other berothid genera by the long antenna, the scape with ca. 100 flagellomeres,
Qiang Yang, Chaofan Shi, Dong Ren
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The spiniest seeds found in Mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber [PDF]
BMC Plant BiologyAlthough angiosperms occurred earlier, their radiation did not occur until the Middle Cretaceous. Owing to a lack of knowledge of early angiosperms, this radiation used to be mistaken for the origin of angiosperms and became Darwin’s “abominable mystery”.
Xin Wang, Weijia Huang
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New Species of Babinskaiidae (Insecta: Neuroptera) From the Mid‐Cretaceous of Myanmar and the Morphological Divergence of the Family Across the Cretaceous [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionBabinskaiidae is an extinct lacewing family, only known from the Cretaceous, of the superfamily Myrmeleontoidea, currently comprising 22 species in 16 genera.
Xiumei Lu +3 more
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New species of Omma Newman from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera, Archostemata, Ommatidae) [PDF]
Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 2021 A new fossil species of the extant archostematan genus Omma Newman, O. forte sp. nov., is reported from mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar. The extinct ommatid genus, Cionocups Kirejtshuk from the same deposit, is considered as a junior synonym ...
Yan-Da Li +2 more
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