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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):
Diplommatinidae – Land Snail with Mucus and Coprolites (Landschnecke mit Schleim und Koprolithen)
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Collection Number:
KA82/CAB
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Inclusion Size:
snail: 1.8 mm
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Amber Size:
21 x 19 x 2 mm
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Age:
Around 100 million years (Cretaceous period)
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Location:
Myanmar
Remarks:
Land snail of the family Diplommatinidae preserved with mucus and several coprolites. One coprolite is still emerging from the shell opening, showing that the snail was defecating when it became trapped in resin.
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