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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):
†Leviunguidae Leviunguis sp. ♂ – Extinct Spider (ausgestorbene Spinne)
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Collection Number:
KA19/CAB
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Inclusion Size:
Body length 1.1 mm; with legs 2.6 mm.
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Amber Size:
19 x 17 x 3 mm
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Age:
Around 100 million years (Cretaceous period)
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Location:
Myanmar
Remarks:
†Leviunguidae is an extinct spider family within the Araneoidea, known only from the Cretaceous. †Leviunguis is the only known genus of the family and is represented by several species described from Kachin amber.
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