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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.
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Inclusion(s):
Coccoidea – Wingless scale insect (ungeflügelte Schildlaus)
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Collection Number:
KA81/CAB
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Inclusion Size:
2.7 mm
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Amber Size:
17 x 13 x 2 mm
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Age:
Around 100 million years (Cretaceous period)
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Location:
Myanmar
Remarks:
An unusual wingless scale insect with a large oval body and distinctive structures along the entire body margin. Wingless adult female scale insects are very rare, making specimens of this type particularly interesting.
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