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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):
Orthoptera – Grasshopper (Heuschrecke)
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Collection Number:
KA112/CAB
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Inclusion Size:
Body length: 10 mm, including wings and legs: 17.5 mm
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Amber Size:
39 x 18 x 8 mm
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Age:
Around 100 million years (Cretaceous period)
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Location:
Myanmar
Remarks:
Grasshoppers are characterized by powerful hind legs adapted for jumping. Fossils from Kachin amber show that such jumping adaptations were already well developed in Cretaceous Orthoptera.
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