Where: Ukraine (51.3° N, 26.9° E: paleocoordinates 50.6° N, 22.3° E)

When: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• Likely roughly contemporaneous with late Eocene Baltic amber

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified amber

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: cast

Collection methods: Repository: personal collection of A. Wiszniewski, Warsaw

Primary reference: J. S. LaPolla and G. M. Dlussky. 2010. Review of fossil Prenolepis genus-group species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 112:258-273 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124272: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Amy Delelli on 10.02.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham

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