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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):
†Rhagionemestriidae – Extinct Fly (Ausgestorbene Fliege)
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Collection Number:
KA147/CAB
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Inclusion Size:
Body length 7.2 m
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Amber Size:
27 x 17 x 7 mm
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Age:
Around 100 million years (Cretaceous period)
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Location:
Myanmar
Remarks:
†Rhagionemestriidae is an extinct family of flies known from the Jurassic and Cretaceous. Members of this family are characterized by their remarkably large compound eyes, which can occupy most of the head, as clearly visible in this specimen.
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