bu-67

Inclusion(s):

†Deinocrotonidae Deinocroton – Extinct tick (ausgestorbene Zecke)

Collection Number:

Inclusion Size:

Body length 3.5 mm

Amber Size:

16 x 10 x 2 mm

Age:

Around 100 million years (Cretaceous period)

Location:

Myanmar

Remarks:

Extinct family of ticks known only from Kachin amber. These blood-feeding ectoparasites likely parasitized feathered dinosaurs and early birds before becoming extinct at the end of the Cretaceous.

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Inclusion(s):

Collection Number:

bu-67

Inclusion Size:

Body length 3.5 mm

Amber Size:

16 x 10 x 2 mm

Age:

Around 100 million years (Cretaceous period)

Location:

Myanmar

Extinct family of ticks known only from Kachin amber. These blood-feeding ectoparasites likely parasitized feathered dinosaurs and early birds before becoming extinct at the end of the Cretaceous.