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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):
Ephemeroptera – Mayfly (Eintagsfliege)
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Collection Number:
KA89/CAB
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Inclusion Size:
Body length 1.3 mm; with appendages 6.5 mm.
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Amber Size:
16 x 13 x 3 mm
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Age:
Around 100 million years (Cretaceous period)
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Location:
Myanmar
Remarks:
Adult mayflies are short lived, typically surviving for only a few hours to a few days. During this brief stage they mainly reproduce and do not feed. Their extremely short adult life makes their preservation in amber particularly remarkable.
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