Discoscapidae fam. nov.(Hymenoptera: Apoidea), a new family of stem lineage bees with associated beetle triungulins in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

G Poinar - Palaeodiversity, 2020 - BioOne
A new family, genus and species of minute, stem lineage, pollen-collecting bee is described
from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. The female specimen of Discoscapa apicula gen. et …

Multipartite Flowers with a Distinct Floral Cup and Multiovulate Carpels: An Early Cretaceous Angiosperm of Probable Lauralean Relationship

EM Friis, PR Crane… - International Journal of …, 2023 - journals.uchicago.edu
Premise of research. Typically, the small coalified mesofossil flowers known from the Early
Cretaceous have character combinations that are unknown among extant angiosperms …

Valviloculus pleristaminis gen. et sp. nov., a Lauralean fossil flower with valvate anthers from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber

GO Poinar, KL Chambers, UT Iwaniec… - Journal of the Botanical …, 2020 - JSTOR
The flower described here as Valviloculus pleristaminis, a new genus and species of fossil
angiosperms, was obtained from Myanmar amber deposits dating to the mid-Cretaceous …

Dispariflora robertae gen. et sp. nov., a mid-Cretaceous flower of possible Lauralean affinity from Myanmar amber

GO Poinar, KL Chambers - Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of …, 2019 - JSTOR
Three flowers of a fossil angiosperm preserved in amber from Myanmar (Burma) are
described as the new genus and species Dispariflora robertae. Although joined in a single …

Thymolepis toxandra gen. et sp. nov., a mid-Cretaceous fossil flower with horseshoe-shaped anthers

KL Chambers, GO Poinar - Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of …, 2020 - JSTOR
The fossil flower described here as Thymolepis toxandra is from amber deposits in Myanmar
which have been dated as ca. 100 Ma. The perianth consists of 12 tepals of varying size and …

Zygadelphus aetheus gen. et sp. nov., an unusual fossil flower from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber

GO Poinar, KL Chambers - Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of …, 2019 - JSTOR
The flower described here as Zygadelphus aetheus gen. et sp. nov. was obtained from
amber mines in Myanmar, preserved in marine sedimentary deposits dating to the mid …

Dasykothon leptomiscus gen. et sp. nov., a fossil flower of possible Lauralean affinity from Myanmar amber

GO Poinar, KL Chambers - Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of …, 2020 - JSTOR
A new fossil angiosperm, Dasykothon leptomiscus, is described from mid-Cretaceous amber
deposits in the Hukawng Valley of northwestern Myanmar (Burma). The flower is post …

Phantophlebia dicycla gen. et sp. nov., a five-merous fossil flower in mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber

GO Poinar, KL Chambers - Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of …, 2020 - JSTOR
A fossil flower in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Burma) is described as the new
genus and species Phantophlebia dicycla. The perianth of the flower is composed of two 5 …

Burmese Amber Flowers

G Poinar - Flowers in Amber, 2022 - Springer
The 31 species of flowers that have been recovered from Burmese amber shows the
amazing variety of angiosperms that were present in this mid-Cretaceous forest that …

Cyathitepala papillosa gen. et sp. nov., a mid-Cretaceous fossil flower from Myanmar amber with valvate anthers

GO Poinar, KL Chambers - Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of …, 2020 - JSTOR
Although partially damaged prior to its preservation in coniferous resin, the flower of
Cyathitepala papillosa retains enough morphological features to justify its description as a …