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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):
†Protopsyllidiidae – Extinct plant-sucking Hemiptera family (†Pflanzensaugerfamilie der Wanzen)
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Collection Number:
KA58/CAB
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Inclusion Size:
1.5 mm
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Amber Size:
17 x 16 x 8 mm
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Age:
Around 100 million years (Cretaceous period)
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Location:
Myanmar
Remarks:
†Protopsyllidiidae belonged to an ancient and completely extinct lineage of plant-sucking Hemiptera. The group first appeared in the Permian and survived for well over 100 million years before disappearing during the Cretaceous.
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