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The Burmese amber thread

Adam Khor

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5821991/Never-known-frog-species-time-dinosaurs-discovered-99mn-year-old-amber.html

Now we only need some dinosaur DNA to fill the gaps in the sequence...

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Kamili

These are absolutely fascinating! thanks so much for sharing

Adam Khor

On kalligrammatids from Burmese amber (these were lacewing relatives that filled a butterfly-like niche during the Mesozoic)

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-06120-5

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Newly discovered auger beetle:

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Adam Khor

Incredible indeed! I am fascinated by this fossil site, if you couldn´t tell. :B Have high hopes for it, too.

Here's some more:

Burcobuchonomyia, a midge:

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Tarachopteran:

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Archiculicoides, another, biting midge:

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Palerasnitsynus, a caddisfly:

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Myanmariscus, a woodloose:

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Tropidogyne (the flower) and a small flea-like insect:

Spider:

Fly:

Scorpion:

Wibbs

Incredible. Love the dinosaur feathers.

Adam Khor

Cushingia, a camel spider (solpugid)

Manipulator modificaputis, a predatory cockroach:

Bloodsucking fly (probably fed on dinosaur blood!):

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Bird feathers:

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A leaf that had been chewed on by insects:

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Neuropteran larva:

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Another bird (most likely an enantiornithine, although without the full skull is hard to be sure):

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Yijenplatycnemis huangi, a damselfly, has been suggested to have performed a mating dance aided by those extravagant ornaments:

life reconstruction:

Cascomastigus, a predatory beetle apparently specialized for catching springtails with its antennae:

Cockroach:

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Pedanoptera arachnophila, a predatory neuropteran. Apparently the larva was adapted as a spider predator (with long legs to walk on the web without getting suck)

Bird wing:

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Hirtidiplatys, an earwig:

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Haploberotha, a neuropteran (lacewings):

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Euthema, a land snail:

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Multispinus multispinosus, a beetle:

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Tumefactipes, a stick insect:

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Glaresis murmitica, a beetle:

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Zorotypus, an "angel insect":

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Phyllochrysa, a lacewing (larval form):

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Tick wrapped up in spider silk:

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Bittacus, a "hangingfly"

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Burmacader, a true bug (Hemipteran):

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Nodosigalea, a cockroach:

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Another specimen (a female) of the bizarre leaping, flightless wasp Aptenoperissus:

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Lapisperla, a stonefly:

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Primitive beetle:

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Dacochile, a fly:

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Molliberus, a soldier beetle:

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Burmusculus, a pompiloid wasp:

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Burmantis, a praying mantis:

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Chilamnestocoris, a burrower bug (Hemipteran):

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Chrysopoid larvae with camouflage:

Linguamyrmex, the so called "vampire ant", and beetle larva:

Detail of Linguamyrmex' head:

Flowers:

Kekveus jason, a diminutive featherwing beetle, as small as the period at the end of this sentence.

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Electroblemma, a spider:

Pseudoperla (stick insect nymphs):

Diverse antlion larvae:

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Allostrophus, a beetle:

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Diverse lizards:

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Two different Gerontoformica species apparently locked in battle:

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Krishnatermes, a termite:

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Reconstructions of Gigantotermes rex soldier (left) and Krishnatermes alate, worker and soldier:

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Camelomecia ant queen:

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Diminutive bird wing:

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Xiaophis, a snake:

Mushrooms:

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Mushroom-eating beetles:

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Feathered tail of a small coelurosaurian dinosaur:

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X-Ray of the tail:

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Tick found along with dinosaur feather:

Cretotrichopsenius, a termitophilous insect (lived in termite nests):

Archaeomalthodes, a soldier beetle:

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Cretoparacucujus, a pollinating beetle (would've polinated cycads):

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Haidomyrmex, a predatory ant with crazy mandibles:

Melittosphex, one of the oldest known bees:

Enanthiornithine chick:

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Camelomecia, a primitive ant:

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Caputoraptor, a member of a now extinct order of insects, Alienoptera:

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Cascoplecia, a fly:

Chimerarachne, a tailed spider:

Ektatotricha, an ant-like beetle:

Electrorana, a frog:

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Gerontoformica, a primitive ant:

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Seeing as the news of creatures found preserved in 99 million year old Burmese amber are becoming more and more frequent, I thought instead of posting them separately it would be cool to create a thread exclusively for these discoveries.

Because all of these little creatures lived at the same time in the same place, it should give us a very interesting glimpse of what was scurrying around in this particular Cretaceous forest.

Chances are high that eventually, a small dinosaur or pterosaur will be found at this site, so keep an eye on this one!

Aethiocarenus, possible nymph of a mantis-like insect:

Apternoperissus, a flightless wasp adapted for jumping and armed with a venomous stinger:

Astreptolabis, an earwig:

Burmaleon, a neuropteran (related to lacewings, antlions)

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Burmapogon, an assassin fly:

Burmesarchea, an assassin spider (fed on other spiders):

Ceratomyrmex, a probably solitary, predatory ant: