Pseudoscorpion
Class Arachnida,
Order Pseudoscorpionida (or Pseudoscorpiones or Chelonethida), Family
Chernetidae
Geological
Time: Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian Stage (~100 million years ago)
Size: Amber:
11 mm long by 9 mm across, Inclusion: 5mm (with claws)
Fossil Site:
Hukawng Valley, Kachin State, Myanmar
Code: MYA30
Price: $495.00
|  Description:
This plaque of amber displays a most uncommon inclusion: a pseudoscorpion.
The oldest amber containing insects comes from the deposits of Lebanon
at some 135 million years of age. Deposits in Myanmar, New Jersey,
and Japan are somewhat younger. The only Mesozoic examples are Cretaceous,
with specimens having been found in Lebanon, Myanmar, New Jersey,
with a single example known from Canada. Two species have been described
from Myanmar with others awaiting description. This one is essentially
complete and relatively easy to see.
Reference:
AMNH Novitates, No. 3361, Mar 26, 2002.
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