Burmese amber

Description

Fossil leaf (Plantae), bug nymph (Hemiptera) and biting midge (Ceratopogonidae), in a piece of amber-coloured Burmese amber, from the Cenomanian Age of the Noije Bum Amber Mine, Kachin State, Myanmar

Museum reference

G.2010.20.43

Collection

Fossils

Object name

Burmese amber

Scientific name(s)

species: Plantae indet. - Plant
species: Hemiptera indet. - Bug
species: Ceratopogonidae indet.

Specimen details

Specimen form: Fossil

Collection place(s)

Noije Bum Amber Mine, Kachin State, Myanmar, Southeast Asia

Exhibitions

• Amazing Amber (10 May 2013 - 08 Sep 2013)
  National Museum of Scotland