Paleobiota Of Burmese Amber
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Burmese amber is fossil resin dating to the early Late Cretaceous
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 ...
age recovered from deposits in the Hukawng Valley of northern
Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
. It is known for being one of the most diverse Cretaceous age amber paleobiotas, containing rich arthropod fossils, along with uncommon vertebrate fossils and even rare marine inclusions. A mostly complete list of all taxa described up until 2018 can be found in Ross 2018; its supplement Ross 2019b covers most of 2019.Ross, A.J. 2019b.
Burmese (Myanmar) amber taxa, on-line supplement v.2019.2
'. 33pp.


Amoebozoa


Dictyostelia


Myxogastria


''Incertae sedis''


Apicomplexa


Aconoidasida


Haemosporida The Haemosporida (sometimes called Haemospororida) are an order of intraerythrocytic parasitic alveolates. Taxonomy Over 500 species are in this order, organised into four families: the Garniidae, the Haemoproteidae, the Leucocytozoidae, and t ...


Conoidasida


Eugregarinorida


Euglenozoa


Kinetoplastea


Trypanosomatida


Metamonada


Anaeromonadea


Oxymonadida


Trichonymphea


Trichonymphida


Trichomonadea


Cristamonadida


Spirotrichonymphida


Trichomonadida


"Opisthokonta"


Mesomycetozoea


Eccrinales


Proteobacteria


Alphaproteobacteria


Rickettsiales


Plants


Chlorophyte green algaes


Chaetophorales Chaetophorales is an order of green algae in the class Chlorophyceae The Chlorophyceae are one of the classes of green algae, distinguished mainly on the basis of ultrastructural morphology. They are usually green due to the dominance of pig ...


Chlamydomonadales


Bryophyte true mosses


Dicranales Dicranales is an order of haplolepideous mosses in the subclass Dicranidae The Dicranidae are a widespread and diverse subclass of mosses in class Bryopsida, with many species of dry or disturbed areas. They are distinguished by their spores; ...


Hypnodendrales


Lycopods and spike mosses


Marchantiophyte liverworts


Porellales Porellales is an order of liverworts. Taxonomy * Jubulineae Müller 1909 ** Frullaniaceae Lorch 1914 *** ''Frullania'' Raddi 1818a Amphijubula.html" ;"title="'Amphijubula">'Amphijubula'' Schuster 1970a; ''Schusterella'' Hattori, Sharp & Mizu ...


Polypodiopsid ferns


Cyatheales The order Cyatheales, which includes most tree ferns, is a taxonomic order of the fern class, Polypodiopsida. No clear morphological features characterize all of the Cyatheales, but DNA sequence data indicate the order is monophyletic. Some sp ...


Polypodiales


Angiosperm flowering plants


Cornales


Laurales


Liliales Liliales is an order of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group and Angiosperm Phylogeny Web system, within the lilioid monocots. This order of necessity includes the family Liliaceae. The APG III system (2009) place ...


Nymphaeales


Oxalidales


Poales


Rosales


'' Incertae sedis''


Fungi


Ascomycota Ascomycota is a phylum of the kingdom Fungi that, together with the Basidiomycota, forms the subkingdom Dikarya. Its members are commonly known as the sac fungi or ascomycetes. It is the largest phylum of Fungi, with over 64,000 species. The def ...


Hypocreales The Hypocreales are an order of fungi within the class Sordariomycetes. In 2008, it was estimated that it contained some 237 genera, and 2647 species in seven families. Since then, a considerable number of further taxa have been identified, in ...


Ophiostomatales The Ophiostomatales are an order of fungi in the class Sordariomycetes. They are commonly symbionts to insect species, which can be found in numerous cases, including some termites and many bark beetles A bark beetle is the common name for th ...


Basidiomycota Basidiomycota () is one of two large divisions that, together with the Ascomycota, constitute the subkingdom Dikarya (often referred to as the "higher fungi") within the kingdom Fungi. Members are known as basidiomycetes. More specifically, Basi ...


Agaricales The fungal order Agaricales, also known as gilled mushrooms (for their distinctive gills) or euagarics, contains some of the most familiar types of mushrooms. The order has 33 extant families, 413 genera, and over 13,000 described species, alo ...


Boletales


''incertae sedis''


"Zygomycetes"


Priscadvenales


Echinodermata


Crinoidea


Isocrinida


Arthropoda


Arachnida


Amblypygi


Araneae


Ixodida


Opilioacariformes Opilioacaridae is the sole family of mites in the order Opilioacarida, made up of about 13 genera. The mites of this family are rare, large (1.5 to 2.5 mm) mites, and are widely considered primitive, as they retain six pairs of eyes, and ...


Opiliones


Palpigradi


Pseudoscorpiones


Ricinulei


Schizomida


Scorpiones


Solifugae


Thelyphonida


Trombidiformes


'' Incertae sedis''


Diplopoda


Callipodida


Platydesmida Platydesmida (Greek for ''platy'' "flat" and ''desmos'' "bond") is an order of millipedes containing two families and over 60 species. Some species practice paternal care, in which males guard the eggs. Description Platydesmidans have a flatte ...


Polyxenida


Siphoniulida


Siphonophorida Siphonophorida (Greek language, Greek for "tube bearer") is an order of millipedes containing two families and over 100 species. Description Millipedes in the order Siphonophorida are long and worm-like, reaching up to in length and up to 190 ...


Spirostreptida Spirostreptida is an order (biology), order of long, cylindrical millipedes. There are approximately 1000 described species, making Spirostreptida the third largest order of millipedes after Polydesmida and Chordeumatida. Description Spirostrept ...


"Entognatha"


Entomobryomorpha The Entomobryomorpha are one of the three main groups (order) of springtails (Collembola), tiny hexapods related to insects. This group was formerly treated as a superfamily, the Entomobryoidea. They can be best distinguished from the other ...


Poduromorpha


Symphypleona The order Symphypleona is one of the three main groups of springtails (Collembola), tiny hexapods related to insects. When the springtails were still believed to be an order of insects, the Symphypleona were ranked as a suborder. They can be ...


Insecta


Malacostraca


Decapoda The Decapoda or decapods (literally "ten-footed") are an order of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, including many familiar groups, such as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp and prawns. Most decapods are scavengers. The order is esti ...


Isopoda Isopoda is an order of crustaceans that includes woodlice and their relatives. Isopods live in the sea, in fresh water, or on land. All have rigid, segmented exoskeletons, two pairs of antennae, seven pairs of jointed limbs on the thorax, an ...


Ostracoda


Symphyla


Scolopendrellidae


Mollusca


Cephalopoda


Ammonitida


Gastropoda


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Architaenioglossa Architaenioglossa is a taxonomic group of snails which have gills and often an operculum. They are primarily land and freshwater gastropod mollusks within the clade Caenogastropoda. This " informal group" has been shown to be polyphyletic in a s ...
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Heterobranchia


Littorinimorpha


Neritimorpha


Bivalvia


Nematoda


Chromadorea


Rhabditida


Enoplea


Mermithida Mermithida is an order of nematode worms. The order includes two families, and most members are endoparasites on arthropods. One of the morphological characteristic of the order is the presence of a stichosome Stichosome (from Greek ''stichos (Ï ...


Secernentea


Aphelenchida Aphelenchida is a moderately large order of nematodes. Aphelenchida have a stylet for feeding and a very prominent median bulb in the oesophagus. They are cosmopolitan. Some are associated with insects, and may be ectoparasites or endoparasit ...


Oxyurida Oxyurida is an order of nematode worms of the class Secernentea. It consists of four families, one of which contains the human pinworm (''Enterobius vermicularis''). Species Notable species include: * '' Enterobius vermicularis'', the huma ...


Nematomorpha


Gordioidea


Onychophora


Udeonychophora


Euonychophora


Vertebrata


Amphibia


Allocaudata


Anura


Reptilia


Archosauria


Squamata


Ichnotaxa


Insecta


Dictyoptera


Mollusca


Bivalvia


References

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