A gigantic marine ostracod (Crustacea: Myodocopa) trapped in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 1365 - 9
• Main Authors: Xing, Lida, Sames, Benjamin, McKellar, Ryan C., Xi, Dangpeng, Bai, Ming, Wan, Xiaoqiao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 22.01.2018; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 631/181/414; 704/158/2462; 704/2151/414; Amber; Animals; Calcification; Cretaceous; Crustacea - anatomy & histology; Crustacea - classification; Forest floor; Fossils; Fossils - anatomy & histology; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Myanmar; Myodocopa; Ordovician; Preservation; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Taphonomy

The mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (~99 Ma, Myanmar), widely known for exquisite preservation of theropods, also yields microfossils, which can provide important contextual information on paleoenvironment and amber formation. We report the first Cretaceous ostracod in amber—the gigantic (12.9 mm) righ...