Beautiful Burmese amber specimen featuring a beetle inclusion preserved in ancient fossilized tree resin. Beetles are one of the most diverse insect groups, with an evolutionary history stretching back hundreds of millions of years. Their preservation in amber offers a fascinating glimpse into the biodiversity of prehistoric forests during the Cretaceous Period, when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
Inclusion: Beetle
Scientific Order: Coleoptera
Origin: Hukawng Valley, Burma
Age: Approximately 100 million years old
Period: Cretaceous
A wonderful natural history specimen for collectors of fossil insects, ancient biodiversity, and Burmese amber, preserving a small fragment of prehistoric life.
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