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Issue: Vol. 9 No. 1: February 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-02-25
DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.9.1.5
Page range: 25-44
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Supplement to the Burmese (Myanmar) amber checklist and bibliography, 2025, with comments on the use of the terms ‘Kachin amber’ and ‘Burmite’

Department of Natural Sciences, National Museum of Scotland, Chambers St., Edinburgh EH1 1JF, UK
Burmese amber Myanmar Cretaceous insects arachnids invertebrates plants fungi

Abstract

This is a supplement to the Burmese (Myanmar) amber checklist and bibliography covering taxa described or recorded during 2025. Up to the end of 2025, 3,218 species have been recorded from Kachin amber (excluding trace fossils and marine encrusters), of which 225 were named in 2025; 25 species have been recorded from older Hkamti amber (4 named or recorded in 2025) and 2 species from younger Tilin amber. Another 12 species were named in 2025, though it is uncertain whether they are in Kachin or Hkamti amber. In total 240 species were named from Cretaceous amber from Myanmar in 2025. Caution should be employed when using the terms ‘Kachin amber’ and ‘Burmite’ because they are not equivalent to ‘Burmese amber’. ‘Kachin amber’ should only be used for amber from Kachin State.

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