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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):
†Haidomyrmecinae Ceratomyrmex – hell ant (Höllenameise)
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Collection Number:
KA64/CAB
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Inclusion Size:
Body length 4.5 mm; with antennae and legs 8.3 mm.
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Amber Size:
19 x 16 x 4
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Age:
Around 100 million years (Cretaceous period)
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Location:
Myanmar
Remarks:
An extremely rare hell ant of the extinct genus †Ceratomyrmex, known only from Kachin amber. Its most distinctive feature is the prominent horn on the head. The upward curving mandibles closed against this horn to capture and hold prey.
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