Invertebrate Coprolite in Amber

Burmite Bug Poo
Location: 
Hukawng Valley Tanaing Township, Myitkyina District, Kachin State
Myanmar
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This beautiful piece of Burmite amber contains a spiny insect leg (possibly from a cricket) and a tiny coprolite that is likely from an insect or other arthropod. Both were trapped in tree resin some 100 million years ago.