Fossilized treasures entombed in golden, glassy amber capture countless stories of ancient forested landscapes through which the dinosaurs roamed. Sometimes these prized fossils are part of a very different story.
, the burnt-orange blobs of hardened tree resin have trapped life that flourished some 99 million years ago, alongside the dinosaurs during the mid-Cretaceous.
Since 2015, exporting fossil materials from Myanmar has been prohibited. But because the amber can be exported legally, fossils contained within it fall into a legal gray area.Yet research on Myanmar amber fossils is roaring, according to the new analysis.
"Myanmar amber represents the starkest case of how loopholes in the law continue to be exploited, resulting in unethical work and the exclusion of local researchers," fellow FAU paleontologist and co-lead author of the study Emma DunneMost of the amber is mined in northern Myanmar, in the conflict-ridden Kachin state, where rival political factions have been warring for control of the area and profiteering off the amber trade.
"Until 2022, there have been no authors based in Myanmar who have contributed to a scientific paper that describes a fossil embedded in Myanmar amber," Raja explains.
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