''Echinocups'' is an extinct genus of Ommatine beetle. It was created in 2020 to house three species originally assigned to ''Notocupes'', ''E. denticollis'', ''E. neli'' and ''E. ohmkuhnlei'' The genus name refers to the sharp spikes present on the

elytra An elytron (; ; , ) is a modified, hardened forewing of beetles (Coleoptera), though a few of the true bugs (Hemiptera) such as the family Schizopteridae are extremely similar; in true bugs, the forewings are called hemelytra (sometimes alterna ...

.A. G. Kirejtshuk and E. A. Jarzembowski. 2020. Appendix A. Taxonomic review of fossil coleopterous families (Insecta, Coleoptera). Suborder Archostemata: Superfamilies Coleopseoidea and Cupedoidea. ''Geosciences'' 10:73 All three species are known from the

Cenomanian The Cenomanian is, in the ICS' geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or the lowest stage of the Upper Cretaceous Series. An age is a unit of geochronology; it is a unit of time; the stage is a unit in the s ...

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Burmese amber Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. The ...

of Myanmar.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q104859598 Burmese amber Ommatidae Fossil taxa described in 2020 Prehistoric beetle genera