bu-101

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Inclusion(s):

Nuttalliellidae – Tick (Zecke)

Collection Number:

Inclusion Size:

Body length 2.1 mm

Amber Size:

23 x 11 x 3 mm

Age:

Around 100 million years (Cretaceous period)

Location:

Myanmar

Remarks:

Rare tick belonging to the family Nuttalliellidae. Like modern ticks, they fed on the blood of vertebrates. The family represents a very unusual lineage and is considered an important evolutionary link between the two major tick groups, the hard ticks (Ixodidae) and soft ticks (Argasidae).

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Inclusion(s):

Collection Number:

bu-101

Inclusion Size:

Body length 2.1 mm

Amber Size:

23 x 11 x 3 mm

Age:

Around 100 million years (Cretaceous period)

Location:

Myanmar

Rare tick belonging to the family Nuttalliellidae. Like modern ticks, they fed on the blood of vertebrates. The family represents a very unusual lineage and is considered an important evolutionary link between the two major tick groups, the hard ticks (Ixodidae) and soft ticks (Argasidae).