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Species: †Gerontoformica occidentalis   (Perrichot, Nel, Néraudeau, Lacau & Guyot, 2008) 


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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

†Sphecomyrmodes occidentalis Perrichot, Nel, Néraudeau, Lacau & Guyot, 2008 PDF: 95, figs. 3, 4 (w.) CHARENTESE AMBER, FRANCE (Cretaceous). Palearctic. "France, Charente-Maritime, Fouras / Bois-Vert; 2006, coll. E. Dépré ." MNHN (Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle). MNHN.F.A30165. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Combination in †Gerontoformica Barden & Grimaldi, 2016 PDF: 518 (or Suppl. Information p. 16).

Distribution Notes:

In amber dated to the mid-Cretaceous (99-100 Ma), Late Albian (Font-de-Benon quarry, near Archingeay, Charente-Maritime) to Early Cenomanian (Fouras, Charente-Maritime; La Buzinie, Charente).

Comments:

Type material currently in long-term repository at the Geological Department and Museum of the University of Rennes 1, Rennes, France.

Specimen Habitat Summary

Type specimens: holotype: mnhna30165; paratype: mnhna30166



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