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Species: †Sphecomyrmodes orientalis   Engel & Grimaldi, 2005 

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Gerontoformica orientalis

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

†Sphecomyrmodes orientalis Engel & Grimaldi, 2005 PDF: 5, figs. 3, 4 (w.) BURMESE AMBER (Cretaceous). AntCat AntWiki HOL

Distribution Notes:

Burmese amber, Tanai Village, Myanmar; Mid-Cretaceous, Early Cenomanian (98.79 +- 0.62 Ma; Shi et al., 2012).

Comments:

Holotype AMNH Bu-351 in American Museum of Natural History, New York, U.S.A.

References:

  • Engel M. S., Grimaldi D. A. 2005. Primitive new ants in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar, New Jersey, and Canada (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). American Museum Novitates, 3485: 1-23.
  • Shi G., Grimaldi D.A., Harlow G.E., Wang Jing, Wang Jun, Yang M., Lei W., Li Q., Li X., 2012. Age constraint on Burmese amber based on UPb dating of zircons. Cretaceous Research, 37: 155-163.


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