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Amber Inclusions from Myanmar – Windows into an Ancient World
For nearly 100 million years, Kachin amber has preserved extraordinary traces of a vanished ecosystem.
Inclusion(s):
Hybosoridae – Hybosorid beetle (Mistkäferverwandter)
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Collection Number:
KA52/CAB
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Inclusion Size:
Body length 2.5 mm
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Amber Size:
13 x 13 x 4 mm
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Age:
Around 100 million years (Cretaceous period)
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Location:
Myanmar
Remarks:
An extremely rare hybosorid beetle from Cretaceous Kachin amber. Hybosoridae belong to the scarab beetle superfamily Scarabaeoidea, an ancient group of beetles with a fossil record extending deep into the Mesozoic.
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