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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):
Cantharidae Sanaungulus – Soldier Beetle (Weichkäfer)
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Collection Number:
KA138/CAB
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Inclusion Size:
Body length 2.9 mm
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Amber Size:
17 x 10 x 5 mm
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Age:
Around 100 million years (Cretaceous period)
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Location:
Myanmar
Remarks:
Sanaungulus is an extinct genus of soldier beetles known from Cretaceous Kachin amber. Many species have shortened wing cases that leave part of the abdomen exposed. The genus was remarkably diverse, with more than 50 fossil species described.
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